In the two months since he suffered a fractured left index finger that sidelined him for the first half of the season, Taylor Decker had virtually everything about his football playing existence called into question.
His position. His toughness. His future with the Detroit Lions.
And he did not take kindly to one bit of it.
Decker, in his first comments since his injury, said in a video conference Monday he was annoyed by media and fan speculation he could be traded to clear room for Penei Sewell and by people questioning his ability to play through an injury that was more serious than most realized.