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The Valenti Show

Valenti on Ragnow's Retirement: The Lions Do Not Have A Top Offensive Line Anymore

The Valenti Show

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Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The guys start the show reacting to Frank Ragnow's retirement and what it means for the Lions going into the 2025 season.

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0:00.0

2 o'clock, good to have you with us on a beautiful Monday afternoon. And all I can tell you is

0:06.8

we're just going to say everything the show before us didn't. So settle in. Sometimes it's just a duck,

0:15.8

Rico, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck. it's an effing duck okay it's okay

0:21.5

hey on the day you get hit by a car it's okay to say i got hit by a car you don't need to

0:26.8

tell me well at least it wasn't a semi it's okay to say it hurts i respect dugs infinite

0:31.8

optimism but yeah no this blows you're not as good of a football team it's a crippling

0:36.9

issue to have Frank

0:37.9

Ragnow retire, as one show's been telling you for a year, could happen at any moment. And no,

0:44.3

you're not just going to replace him. No, he's not a pretty good player. He's an all pro player.

0:49.6

No, you're not going to, well, they're working tape, ratledge, et cetera. It doesn't matter.

0:55.9

It's okay to just wallow in it for 24 hours. This blows. And your offensive line takes a major step backwards.

1:06.0

So if you're going to live in that world, we can talk.

1:10.8

Well, the fact that he retired, and it's after the draft where you could at least

1:15.1

went and got a center, somebody who can try to help or make a deal, make a trade,

1:20.1

didn't do something.

1:21.4

Now you're just kind of like, wait, what?

1:24.5

I'm glad they held on to 43 million cap space.

1:28.1

Oh, but you don't understand our cap situation.

1:30.8

Yeah, here's the deal.

1:31.8

I understand enough that the teams who are going for it, I never hear about the cap.

1:36.3

They just do it.

1:38.2

So here's the deal.

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