On Wednesday, the Detroit Lions announced that they had re-signed Ross Pierschbacher to an undisclosed contract. Pierschbacher was a restricted free agent, but the sides were able to come to terms with needing to rely on the tender.
Pierschbacher was brought in last offseason as a depth piece to help the Lions combat a series of injuries they had on the interior offensive line—most notably, right guards Halapoulivaati Vaitai and Tommy Kraemer being lost for the season due to back injuries.
Despite a nagging injury to Frank Ragnow, the Pro Bowl center was able to play the majority of snaps this season, and when he take snaps off, Evan Brown—who was starting at right guard—slid over to center for those reps.