Aidan Hutchinson, it turns out, almost certainly would not have been able to play in the Super Bowl if the Detroit Lions made it to the NFL championship game. The Lions star EDGE revealed during a Super Bowl week appearance with the Pat McAfee Show that he’s still not done rehabbing his broken leg.
“I feel good. I’ll be wrapping up rehab pretty soon,” Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson broke his leg in a friendly-fire incident while completing a sack against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 7. There was considerable speculation that Hutchinson could return during a deep Lions playoff run, but neither materialized. Thanks in part to the rampant injuries on defense, the Lions came up short in their playoff opener against the Washington Commanders.
Hutchinson feels the pain and heartbreak, no doubt about it. But No. 97 is ready to attack the coming season.
“It hurt,” Hutchinson told McAfee. “Despite the pain, being ripped out of that season and knowing what I could’ve done, and what could’ve been, that’s what I had the hardest time with. But then again, I’m going into year four next year. I’m young and I’ve got a lot of good football left.”
