Positive Injury Update on Major Offensive Starter Provided by the Lions….

After suffering a knee injury during the team’s victory over the New Orleans Saints on December 3, Frank Ragnow,

the starting center for the Detroit Lions, might not be out of the picture for as long as first thought.

After the game, head coach Dan Campbell informed reporters that Ragnow might have averted the major injury that

prompted his original diagnosis on Sunday.

Nothing, Campbell stated, according to SI.com. “We won’t know until tomorrow.” Coming off, it sounded like one

thing at first, but after the fact, it might have sounded a little different. While one sounds more upbeat, the other was

not as excellent. I won’t find out till tomorrow, then.

Ragnow could have averted a serious injury, but the Lions will probably need to make some offensive line

adjustments as a result of his absence.

The Hard Season of Frank Ragnow

Ragnow has sustained injuries before; SI.com said that he has frequently taken time off from practice to recover.

Despite his ailments, he has persevered to have a fantastic season, giving up just two QB hits and no sacks. Pro

Football Focus has Ragnow as the second-best center in the NFL.

Other injuries to the offensive line have befallen the Lions as well; Jonah Jackson has missed five of the last six

games, while Halapoulivaati Vaitai was placed on injured reserve.

Despite the injury, the Lions played well offensively against the Saints but occasionally faltered defensively. Carmen

Vitali of Fox Sports said that the Lions had struggled all season against more formidable opponents.

It hasn’t been a problem for [defense] against subpar teams. In opposition to stronger competition? It has been the

weakness of the Lions,” noted Vitali. “The defense is allowing 23.5 points per game on average, which is inside the

top 10.” However, that doesn’t show up in situations that are complementing.

Lions Request Experienced Backup

Following Ragnow’s injury during Sunday’s victory, the Lions substituted Colby Sorsdal for Graham Glasgow at right

guard and moved the center. According to MLive.com’s Kyle Meinke, Glasgow has some experience at center, having

filled in for Ragnow during training camp when the latter had days off. Glasgow has played there a couple times this

season.

Meinke observed that Glasgow, who replaced Ragnow on Sunday, performed admirably and was instrumental in

stopping Jameson Williams’ touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

After the game, Glasgow stated he felt at ease returning to center field when speaking with reporters.

According to MLive.com, he stated, “But yeah, I think that you kind of take it in stride for the most part.” Sometimes

I have to give things some thought. I don’t really think about the center stuff during the course of the week. Though

I’m not really thinking about it, it’s in the back of my mind. When it occurs, it’s like attempting to visualize the run

drawings and tags that are there on every play. But I suppose that was very decent.

In the event that Ragnow’s knee injury prevented him from playing, Glasgow would probably stay at center.

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