DETROIT — Taylor Decker has seen the good, the bad and the truly ugly during his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions, which is why he’s cautiously optimistic about their playoff chances despite the ground they need to make up.

Thursday’s 31-24 loss to the Green Bay Packers — their second to their division rival this season — all but ended their hopes of winning another NFC North title. Still, at 7-5, the Lions remain in the NFC Wild Card race.

Fully aware of how damaging the loss was, Decker explained where his head was after the game and how Detroit can steady itself with five games remaining.

“I mean, we really wanted this one and we know it was really important,” Decker said. “All we can do moving forward — five games left — five’s a lot. So we can do a lot with that if we control we

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