Aidan Hutchinson, one of the NFL’s early favorites for Defensive Player of the Year honors, was injured in the Lions’ Week 6 game against the Dallas Cowboys, and it did not look good.
While the Detroit Lions are on their way to a decisive Week 6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday’s win will cost them big time.
Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson stayed down on the field after sacking Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott near the start of the third quarter.
It was clear by his reaction and the other players that something was wrong.
Hutchinson’s lower left leg made contact with Lions defensive tackle Alim McNeill and appeared to snap.
Players immediately started to pray as a cart would come out.
Here is the play on which Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson is hurt:
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 13, 2024
The Lions led the Dallas Cowboys 34-6 at the time of Hutchinson’s injury.
They are well on their way to improving to 4-1 and have looked like one of the best teams in the NFL.
However, losing Hutchinson for a while would severely impact their hopes of making the first Super Bowl in franchise history.
Sports Doctors Give Their Take On Aidan Hutchinson
The Detroit Lions are crushing the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6, but they suffered a serious loss in the third quarter when defensive end Aidan Hutchinson injured his lower leg while sacking Dak Prescott.
Hutchinson immediately knew something was wrong as he removed his mouthpiece and took off his gloves as the trainers came over to check on him.
On social media, several prominent sports doctors took to their X page and diagnosed his injury.
Aidan Hutchinson –
Look away if squeamish.
Concern for left Tibia/Fibula fracture after impact with his teammates shin.Often see these in MMA with the shin block during leg kicks. Brutal injury.#OnePride pic.twitter.com/i493KtvET6
— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) October 13, 2024
Aidan Hutchinson
Left lower leg injury
This is likely a fracture, but the question is which bone and the severity.
Initial thought is a (proximal) fibula + tibia fracture, which is called a hopefully he doesn’t have an injury to his peroneal nerve, which would lead to foot… pic.twitter.com/VI3ubL12Kg
— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) October 13, 2024
WARNING: GRAPHIC#AidanHutchinson @Lions
Emergency surgery incoming and season over
Details here with recovery optimism for 2025https://t.co/3cOAlAjzfs pic.twitter.com/uT24OObGf1— David J. Chao – ProFootballDoc (@ProFootballDoc) October 13, 2024
