24 years of putting on pads and a helmet every fall. This year I\u2019ll trade that out to pursue a career on the other side in coaching.<\/p>\n
The memories and experiences that the NFL has brought me and my family are hard to put into words. Thankful for every person that has been apart of my journey.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time for me to \u201creport\u201d as retired. (Sorry I had to do it one last time!)<\/p>\n
Skipper has become a bit of a cult-favorite among Lions fans. He\u2019s been on and off the Lions\u2019 roster since entering the league in 2017. And while he\u2019s never been a full-time starter for the team, he\u2019s often been the first offensive tackle off the bench, and in recent years, he\u2019s found a role as a jumbo-package tight end. He started 16 games across 69 total game appearances.<\/p>\n
Of course, he\u2019ll forever be most known for the controversial ending to the Lions vs. Cowboys game in 2023. The Lions ran a trick play on a potential game-winning two-point conversion\u2014a pass to left tackle Taylor Decker. However, officials negated the successful play, thinking that Dan Skipper had reported as eligible on the play, when it was clear it was actually Decker. Detroit was penalized and ultimately lost the game.<\/p>\n
After the end of the 2025 season, Skipper noted that he was considering retirement due to a lingering back injury.<\/p>\n
But maybe this isn\u2019t the end for Dan Skipper and the Lions. As he said at the top of his retirement statement, it appears he\u2019ll pursue a football career in coaching. At this point, it isn\u2019t clear what rank of football he\u2019s considering, but it certainly wouldn\u2019t be surprising if he wanted to stay in Detroit.<\/p>\n
It appears Skipper already has his first assignment in coaching:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"24 years of putting on pads and a helmet every fall. This year I\u2019ll trade that out to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[153,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-697554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-news","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115941487657341573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}