Few minutes ago: Detroit Lions key player death confirmed and announced to fans and entire public

Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow has earned the reputation of being one of the toughest players in the NFL.

Last season, Ragnow managed to play in 15 regular season games and all three playoff games despite being listed on the injury report weekly with a plethora of bumps and bruises.

He played just one week after undergoing surgery for a knee injury late in the year.

However, after suffering a partially torn pectoral muscle in Detroit’s Week 3 win over the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dan Campbell officially ended the speculation of whether the center will play by ruling him out Thursday.

“We’re gonna put Frank down this week, so I’ll go ahead and get that out of the way,” Campbell said.

“We can go round and round if we want, we’re not even gonna mess with that.

Frank’s tough, I mean, he’s tough as nails.

If anyone can play through that it’s him. I think we’ve got to be smart.

It’s early in the year, we’ve got a lot of football left.”

Ragnow has played at an All-Pro level the last several seasons for Detroit, anchoring the middle of what is considered to be one of the best offensive lines in football.

With the Lions’ bye week set for next week, Detroit will get Ragnow an extra week of rest.