adam Posted June 2 Author Report Share Posted June 2 Frank Ragnow, Lions Center, unexpectedly retired. Huge blow to their O-Line. They had already lost Zeitler, so 40% of their O-Line is gone. I don't know why he waited until after free agency and the draft (maybe he tried to give it a go), but either way, you don't just replace an All-Pro Center with anyone. This feels like a huge offensive regression coming from Detroit this year. Goff with pressure up the gut is the worst for him because he is not very mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 1 hour ago, adam said: Frank Ragnow, Lions Center, unexpectedly retired. Huge blow to their O-Line. They had already lost Zeitler, so 40% of their O-Line is gone. I don't know why he waited until after free agency and the draft (maybe he tried to give it a go), but either way, you don't just replace an All-Pro Center with anyone. This feels like a huge offensive regression coming from Detroit this year. Goff with pressure up the gut is the worst for him because he is not very mobile. He has two more yrs on a contract that pays him a totaal of 30 mil but none of it was guaranteed and was trying to get the brass to rework the deal to give him some guaraanteed money. He was going to hold out but choose retirement to force their hand. The Lions GM is nortorious for letting good players l go instead of paying big money. J Jackson and D Swift were a part of the GMs history. They drafted Ratledge and now have him listed as the starting OC. Lions back loaded Franks contract to have 30 mil left that he could cut him once he reached that. He saves 23 mil by letting him go now. The situation is actually worse than just Ragnow being gone. Mahongany is now playing LG , a 6th round pick last year and at RG is Graham Glasgow, a 10 vet is now playing RG. That is 3 new starters in the IOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted June 2 Author Report Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, Stinger226 said: He has two more yrs on a contract that pays him a totaal of 30 mil but none of it was guaranteed and was trying to get the brass to rework the deal to give him some guaraanteed money. He was going to hold out but choose retirement to force their hand. The Lions GM is nortorious for letting good players l go instead of paying big money. J Jackson and D Swift were a part of the GMs history. They drafted Ratledge and now have him listed as the starting OC. Lions back loaded Franks contract to have 30 mil left that he could cut him once he reached that. He saves 23 mil by letting him go now. The situation is actually worse than just Ragnow being gone. Mahongany is now playing LG , a 6th round pick last year and at RG is Graham Glasgow, a 10 vet is now playing RG. That is 3 new starters in the IOL. Good info, I didn't even pay attention to his deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 13 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 13 hours ago GB just released Alexander. He was their CB1, even if he missed some time with injuries, that is a huge hole to fill post June 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 5 hours ago, adam said: GB just released Alexander. He was their CB1, even if he missed some time with injuries, that is a huge hole to fill post June 1. I was thinking surely they planned for this but this doesn't seem like much of a plan... https://packerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/06/09/jaire-alexander-release-green-bay-packers-defense-2025-analysis/84112283007/ "In terms of true cornerbacks, the Packers’ depth chart now consists of a former fifth-round pick in Hobbs, a sixth-rounder in Hadden (by Kansas City), three seventh-rounders in Valentine, King and Hadden, and a former UDFA in Nixon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago As Luther Burden said on his twitter when he heard this... "Uh Oh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Definitely their defensive backfield is suspect. Minny has basically a rookie QB and the Lions have two new OL starters with new OC and DC. The stars are lining up for us to move the standings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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