Anyone that believes that Frank would have quit because of the Packers loss, doesn’t know Frank Ragnow. He would have never have done that to the organization, his former teammates or the fans of the Lions, never. This isn’t an Ndamuknong Suh or someone else, who would have easily done something like this.
A couple of things people have to understand:
He wasn’t in Detroit training, he was at home in Minnesota. The Lions couldn’t evaluate him.
EVERYONE was going to know at 4PM the day the Lions announced Ragnow was coming back, because that was the last day a team could move someone from retired to unretired and the move was going to show up in the official NFL transactions. Every national reporter, local reporters and all 31 other teams were going to see the transaction that moved Frank from retired to unretired.
He had lost a lot of weight (there were pictures) and he was working to get back in shape. Thats probably when he tore his hamstring. Frank probably knew it was bad, but figured it was something he could rest a couple of weeks and then be able to tough it out (like he did with his turf toe).
As for 2026, I’m not surprised no one mentioned it, it’s not something that needs to be decided now. Fans might want to know, but it doesn’t matter one bit to the organization or Frank. It’s something that can easily be decided in March.
I agree with your entire post, but this criticism from some fans isn’t something I get. Who cares at this point? Frank has to get through the hamstring issue. My guess is he plays next year, but he has plenty of time to sort out if that’s for sure what he wants to do or not.