Tate Ratledge didn't know Frank Ragnow was coming out of retirement until he got an alert on his phone Wednesday, Nov. 26. Taylor Decker, meanwhile, was waiting on the news to drop for about a month.

Decker, the Detroit Lions ' veteran left tackle, said he had been in regular contact with Ragnow during his retirement and the Pro Bowl center used him as a sounding board as he weighed his decision to return to the NFL in recent weeks.

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