Reggie Ragland is one of the few people in the Detroit Lions organization with a Super Bowl ring of his own. The linebacker earned it with the Kansas City Chiefs last season, starting in Super Bowl LIV in the Chiefs win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Now with the Lions after signing as a free agent, Ragland sees a lot of parallels between his new team and his old one. A long pick-six in Sunday’s practice was the catalyst for Ragland’s comparison between the reigning champs and the Lions, coming off a 3-12-1 campaign. He made the play of the day in Sunday’s practice, as told by Lions Wire’s Erik Schlitt,
The play of the day came during a 7-on-7 goalline drill near the end of practice. Reggie Ragland lined up at WILL linebacker, disguised his drop and when Matthew Stafford tried to laser one in to a crossing Danny Amendola, Ragland jumped the route and made a leaping one-handed interception.
After practice, Ragland noted that the last time he had a play like that was last year in the preseason.
“And you see how that turned out,” Ragland said. “We ended up winning the Super Bowl. So hopefully the same thing can go on this year.”
Ragland then doubled down on his optimistic take on the Lions,
“I see the same qualities in this team as in Kansas City. We’ve got the pieces. We’ve just got to keep putting them together and just keep playing hard and being consistent and just keep finishing. I think we’ve got the guys to do that. We’ve just got to go out there and just play ball.”
The Lions practice again on Tuesday after a day off on Monday.