The Detroit Lions were dealt a major injury blow in Week 6 when defensive end Aidan Hutchinson suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in his left leg. There is some buzz he could return to play in the Super Bowl if the Lions get there, on the early end of a 4-6 month recovery timetable.
“Surgery went great, which is all good news,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell told the media the day after Hutchinson’s injury. “I kind of mentioned this yesterday, but man, Hutch is a captain for us, a highly productive player, great teammate, does everything right, and was having one hell of a game, one hell of a season. And so, look, it hurts. It hurts to lose somebody like him. Not only the player but the person that’s in that locker room and the leader that he is.”
It is seen as fortuitous that Hutchinson suffered his injury playing in Arlington, a close drive to a Level 1 trauma center (Baylor University Medical Center) with a doctor there who is one of the nation’s experts in his specific kind of injury. A seamless and successful surgery was the obvious first step to a potential fast recovery…