When Taylor Decker got the news over breakfast one day last week that the Detroit Lions were planning to throw him a pass, the left tackle literally said to himself, "I'm going to score a touchdown."
From his lips to reality, Decker scored the first touchdown of his career at any level of football Sunday when he caught an 11-yard pass from Matthew Stafford with 3:02 to play in the third quarter of the Lions' 30-16 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
"It was pretty cool," Decker said. "Obviously, we didn’t get the result we wanted in the game, but that’s my first ever touchdown and I’ve played football since first grade, always been an O-lineman, so for my first touchdown to come as a left tackle in the NFL is pretty damn cool.