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I wouldn't call this "inconsequential", but not only is Deckard a Replicant, he's a very specific Replicant.
Gaff (played by Eddie Olmos) was the original officer assigned to hunting down the escaped replicants, before Holden and before Deckard. When the escaped Androids originally tried to storm the Tyrell corporation, one of them got "fried" going through an electric fence. And it was either there, or in another encounter, that Gaff was wounded in the leg, forcing Holden to take over the case, and we know where that ended up...
I posit that the android that got "fried", didn't actually get fried. In concert with the Tyrell corporation, they programmed him with Gaff's memories in order to finish the job, which is why Gaff is chaperoning him, driving him around; to make sure the memory implant holds. It's why Gaff seems to know what he's thinking and can make origami to give him hints. It's why Gaff at the end of the movie says "You've done a man's work". And it's why Gaff is such a dick to him. Imagine chaperoning your artificial replacement around that everyone thinks can do just as good a job as you...
I always watch Blade Runner from that perspective. At least until the sequel came out and ruined it for me.