The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of their Week 5 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals, and Detroit will be without their starting left tackle, Taylor Decker.

Decker has been dealing with a shoulder injury all season, and he’s regularly missed practices during the week as part of an injury management plan. Despite not practicing, Decker has started every game this season and performed well. While Decker has managed to find a way to play through the first four games of the season, it appears things may have caught up with him in Week 5. While it’s not ideal to be missing Decker this week—with Trey Hendrickson next up on the docket—hopefully this extra time off allows him to “calm things down” and he’ll be able to return soon.

It’s not clear how the Lions plan to replace

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