On Monday, Detroit Lions All-Pro center Frank Ragnow surprised the fan base when he announced his retirement from the NFL. A few days later, with enough time to process the impact of Ragnow’s decision, we used SB Nation’s Reacts survey platform to ask fans if their confidence in the 2025 Lions had changed .

For the most part, the survey results closely aligned with our expectations based on our interactions with the fan base over the past week. Losing Ragnow is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Lions offense, but most fans recognize this Lions team remains highly talented and deep.

Roughly three-quarters of the fan base still believes the Lions are one of the top teams in the NFL, and another quarter believes Detroit’s win total will suffer, while just a handful believe this is devas

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