Three things to know about Frank Ragnow's surprising retirement

Mike Payton details three big things to know about Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow's shocking retirement announcement.

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00:00Frank Ragnow just shocked everybody when he abruptly retired at the age of 29 and here's

00:05the three big things that you need to know about this retirement.

00:11Hi Mike Payton with A to Z Sports Detroit and here are the three big things you need to know

00:15about the Frank Ragnow retirement. First off this is what the Lions are going to save money wise

00:209.5 million dollars in 2025. They are going to have to eat 3.6 million dollars over the course

00:27of the next two seasons because of a bonus option that triggered in 2022. That's just the nature of

00:33the beast with some of these things but for the most part they're saving money on this whole thing.

00:38Second part don't expect there to be any sort of Calvin Johnson type situation where the Lions and

00:43Frank Ragnow are fighting. There is no money to take back. I mentioned that 3.6 million dollars

00:48consider that already paid out. That's the Lions can't go and take it back. There's nothing they

00:54can do. There's nothing they can take from Ragnow. This will result in a good situation.

00:59There's always going to be a good relationship there. He's already praised the Lions for how well

01:04they've been taking this whole thing and how they've worked with him through the whole process

01:08which kind of points to the fact that this has been probably something he's been thinking about

01:12for a while. So don't expect any contention there. That's a big one. And then there's the third part.

01:18The Lions have kind of already been preparing for this, haven't they?

01:20They drafted Tate Ratledge in the second round. They drafted Miles Frazier in the fourth round.

01:25They talked at the league meetings about how they have a lot of confidence in Graham Glasgow's

01:30versatility. They've kind of been telling us this whole time a little bit that they were planning

01:36that this was going to happen. They've already started to cross-train Ratledge at center.

01:41They're going to cross-train Miles Frazier at center. We know Graham Glasgow could play center

01:45because anytime Ragnow was hurt, that's what they would do. They would have Glasgow move into that spot.

01:49So the guys that they have to replace Ragnow are probably already here and that includes the guys

01:55of the future. So that probably means the Lions are going to be out there drafting a center in the

02:002026 NFL draft because I think they already have their guys. So we'll see where that goes.

02:05Training camp's starting up pretty soon. We're going to see what the Lions' plans are.

02:09But right now, I think the guy's already here and honestly, I think his name's Tate Ratledge.

02:14But we'll see. And let me know what you guys think about all this in the comments below.

02:19And we'll talk to you next time.