According to Over the Cap, the Lions will have almost $50 million in salary cap space with the Ragnow retirement. Detroit will have some work to do next offseason. They are currently projected to be about $42.6 million over the cap.

If there's one potential positive from the retirement of Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow, it's the fact that the team will save money, which could help them re-sign veteran edge rusher Za'Darius Smith.

Dan Campbell spoke about Frank Ragnow's retirement from the Detroit Lions for the first time Thursday and it didn't take him long to get teary-eyed.