Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow was downgraded to out after suffering a left knee injury during the second quarter of the game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
Ragnow limped off the field and was carted from the sideline to the locker room because players fell into the back of his legs while he was engaged in a block on a run play.
Graham Glasgow slid from right guard to center to replace him and rookie Colby Sorsdal entered the game between Glasgow and Penei Sewell.
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Ragnow has been one of the anchors of Detroit’s offensive line all season amidst injuries at every position besides right tackle. He missed the Week 8 win over the Las Vegas Raiders with a toe injury, which he has dealt with for years.
The Lions have a significant injury concern on their offensive line.
Center Frank Ragnow is set to undergo an MRI on his knee after suffering an injury that caused him to exit the game in the first half of Sunday’s win over the Saints.
Head coach Dan Campbell said he wouldn’t know the extent of Ragnow’s injury until Monday.
“I mean, at first coming off, it sounded like one thing and then after the fact it sounded like something maybe a little bit different,” Campbell said postgame, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “So, one was not as good, one sounds more positive so I won’t know ‘till tomorrow.”
Ragnow missed a game earlier this season due to a calf injury. Detroit has started eight different combinations along its offensive line this year.
The No. 20 overall pick of the 2018 draft, Ragnow has started 76 games for Detroit.
Now at 9-3, the Lions will be on the road again to face the Bears next week.
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