Did the Detroit Lions do enough to fix their offense?

Interior offensive line

Detroit lost former starting center, Travis Swanson, to free agency. That was not accidental. Graham Glasgow, drafted back in 2016, is back to either play center or left guard. T.J. Lang, signed last off-season, is the right guard. If all things go well, first round pick, Frank Ragnow, will fill in the last hole on the inside. There’s better depth and quality along the offensive line.

Joe Dahl, Wesley Johnson, Kenny Wiggins, and a few more players will vie for the backup spots inside. The ability to play multiple positions is always a focus when keeping backups. Typically, the team will keep one backup guard/ center during the regular season. My guess is that Bob Quinn keeps at least nine players total along the o-line. Five starters, a tackle, two guard/tackle’s and a guard/center.

A lot of discussion surrounds exactly which position, center or left guard, that rookie Frank Ragnow will play. At the recent minicamp, Ragnow played both. I say, “What difference does it make as long as he’s a starter?”

Both he and Glasgow are simply listed as “OL” on the official roster. The generic label is indicative of the fact that these players play more than one position along the interior, mostly.

No part of the line has been stable in the past few years, which is a big part of the explanation of why the Lions run production and pass protection have been poor. With the added talent of Ragnow, Johnson, Wiggins, and Crosby, the interior looks to be a possible area of strength as long as T.J. Lang is healthy on the right side. Ragnow, Glasgow, and Lang are all very capable as starters, no matter which spot the first two are in.