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DETROIT — Although NFL commissioner Roger Goodell didn’t directly address a controversial penalty on Taylor Decker in the Detroit Lions’ Week 17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, he did address officiating, in general, while speaking Wednesday at Ford Field to promote the NFL draft and said the league’s officials are doing “an extraordinary job.” Goodell engaged in a “fireside chat” emceed by NBC play-by-play broadcaster and Michigan resident Mike Tirico at the home of the Lions. Tirico addressed the subject by noting two specific mistakes he made on this weekend’s playoff broadcasts and saying that…