Lions notes: Frank Ragnow earns 2nd-worst PFF grade among 1st-round rookies

Detroit Lions rookie guard Frank Ragnow was a pick that fans quickly got behind. Though he wasn’t on many draft expert’s radar for the 20th overall pick Color Rush Taylor Decker Jersey , his reputation at Arkansas—not allowing a single sack in college—won over even the most skeptical of fans.That optimism continued into training camp, when Ragnow looked almost as flawless as his college days. That seemed wildly impressive considering he was not only adjusting to NFL talent, but because he was playing a position he hadn’t played at all in college: left guard.Now that the regular season has started, however, it’s been an entirely different story. Ragnow struggled in Week 1 against a decent defensive front, and the story was even worse on Sunday against the 49ers. Pro Football Focus graded the Week 2 performance of all 32 first-round rookies. Out of those who actually played Frank Ragnow Jersey , Ragnow had the second-worst grade of 43.1.“Through two games, Ragnow has allowed a sack, four hits and eight hurries on his 109 pass-blocking snaps, which is three more pressures than the next closest guard,” Mark Chichester of PFF wrote. “His efforts as a pass-blocker have earned a dismal pass-blocking grade of just 21.1 – the second-lowest grade that we’ve ever awarded an offensive lineman with at least 25 pass-blocking snaps through the first two weeks of a season.”It’s obviously still extremely young in Ragnow’s career and he hasn’t exactly had the easiest assignments in the first two weeks of the season. Sunday night’s game against the Patriots should provide a decent opportunity for him to rebound. The Patriots only have three sacks on the year. You’ll probably hear about this a lot this week, but Bill Belichick used to be a part of the Lions’ coaching staff. Chris Burke of The Athletic unearthed a game program from that 1977 season: The Lions provided some on-field audio from Sunday’s game against the 49ers. It doesn’t appear one specific player was mic’d up http://www.authenticsdetroitlions.com/cheap-tavon-wilson-jersey , but you get a little of Matt Patricia, Glover Quin and, of course, plenty of Dan Miller. Dan Orlovsky’s Twitter film breakdowns are can’t-miss. Here he is breaking down Kenny Golladay’s brilliant first-quarter touchdown: Justin Rogers of The Detroit News has his weekly “5 observations” and film breakdown from the Lions-49ers game. I recommend reading this every week. Devon Kennard may have just arrived in Detroit this year, but he’s learned the ropes pretty quickly: The New York Jets apparently have had their headsets malfunction in each of their three regular-season games. Jets offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates expressed frustration regarding this fact on Thursday, and he took a gratuitous shot at the Patriots in the process.Via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY http://www.authenticsdetroitlions.com/cheap-glover-quin-jersey , Bates told reporters on Thursday that things like this tend to happen occasions,“especially in New England.”It’s an odd statement to make, given than the Jets have yet to play in New England this year. But they did open the season in Detroit, where former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia is now the Lions coach. And so Bates, while unnecessarily tweaking the Patriots, also may have been making an indirect point about the Lions.It’s clear that Bates suspects foul play of some sort. “You can FaceTime people in China Youth Ricky Wagner Jersey , but our headsets go out,” Bates said.It will be interesting to see what Jets coach Todd Bowles thinks of this. He’ll possibly say that Bates misspoke, and that he didn’t mean what he said.