ALLEN PARK -- Ask Lions running backs coach David Walker about his new toys in the backfield and he'll point out another you might have missed.
"Probably the biggest piece was Frank with the first pick," Walker said of Ragnow, the Arkansas center Detroit drafted 20th overall. "Let's not understate that."
Yes, the Lions have added to the backfield a year after they chose to ignored it and got burned by a last-place finish in rushing. They did so in different ways, with a proven free-agent power back in LeGarrette Blount and a do-it-all rookie they traded up for in the second round in Auburn's Kerryon Johnson.