Detroit Lions go rusher Aidan Hutchinson is predicted to overlook the remainder of the NFL season after struggling a damaged tibia in Sunday’s 47-9 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Hutchinson was carted off the sphere and instantly taken to hospital in Dallas the place he underwent surgical procedure on the harm, which was sustained when his left leg collided with the left leg of team-mate Alim McNeill as Hutchinson was pulling Dallas’ Dak Prescott down on a sack within the third quarter.
Talking after the match, Lions head coach Dan Campbell mentioned: “It’s tough. He’s in good hands right now.
“He is being taken care of. He’ll keep again right here.
“Obviously, he’s going to be down for a little while. That’s tough. It’s hard to lose someone like him but we’ll know a lot more after this and obviously wish him the best.”
Hutchinson’s harm was sustained whereas the 24-year-old was recording sack 7.5 of a formidable season which had made him the early favorite for the Defensive Participant of the 12 months Award.
Amid regarding scenes, there was a delay of about 10 minutes as medical personnel tended to Hutchinson whereas gamers from each groups made a big circle across the second total decide within the 2022 draft.
“That’s hard for everybody when you’re standing there and that’s one of yours and something like that happens,” Campbell added.
“If you dwell on that too much and you start playing a little timid, that’s when you get hurt. So guys snapped right back in and they lived in the moment where we’re on.”
Aidan Hutchinson leads the NFL in sacks this season
Prescott, who landed on prime of Hutchinson’s left leg after the harm occurred, sustained the same harm to his proper leg on the identical subject in Week 5 in 2020, ending his season.
Dallas’ star quarterback was among the many gamers who tried to supply Hutchinson phrases of encouragement as he was taken off the sphere.
“It’s just something that I felt in the moment,” Prescott mentioned. “I’ll probably get his number from one of the Michigan guys in the locker room and reach out again.
“Once you’re in that, it is blurry. So I do not even know if he heard them. Do not care if he heard them. I perceive the place he was.”
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