DETROIT – Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell said “don’t count him out" when talking about Aidan Hutchinson’s injury on Monday afternoon.
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Hutchinson, the NFL leader with 7.5 sacks on the season, broke his left fibula and tibia during the win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
He was fitted with an air cast and taken off on a cart.
Here’s everything Campbell had to say about the injury on Monday:
“I know that there was an update with Hutch and his surgery. Surgery went great, which is all good news. I kind of mentioned this yesterday, but man, Hutch is a captain for us. Highly productive player. Great teammate. Does everything right, and was having one hell of a game, one hell of a season.
“So look, that hurts. It hurts to lose somebody like him -- not only the player, but the person that’s in that locker room, the leader that he is. But that being said, listen, we move forward.
“And let me say this: It’s 4-6 months -- I would never count Hutch out. Ever. So, yeah, probably a long road, but I would never count him out, and I would say if anybody can make it back, it’d be him.
“Now, what gives me hope moving forward is Aaron Glenn. We’ve been coaching here four years, and he’s done everything in his power to work around any personnel we have and use the players that we have and get the most production we can. We will be able to adapt to that.
“I have a lot of faith in that D-line room. (Alim McNeill), Levi (Onwuzurike), (D.J.) Reader, and (Josh) Paschal. And that group that’s going in there -- (Isaac) Ukwu, we’ve got (Al-Quadin) Muhammad on practice squad, (Mitchell) Agude, (James) Houston’s still here.
“So we’ve got options, and it’s why we play with three phases -- so we play offense, defense, special teams. It’s why we do it. We help each other out, so we’ll be just fine. We’re going to move forward."
Here’s Dr. Frank McGeorge talking about the recovery timeline and long-term outlook for Hutchinson:
