{"id":23119,"date":"2025-05-15T22:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23119"},"modified":"2025-05-15T22:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:23:41","slug":"breaking-news-lions-dc-says-aidan-hutchinson-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23119","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Lions DC says Aidan Hutchinson is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"main\">\n<div><main role=\"main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thecomeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/19495663-scaled-e1669953316768-832x447.jpg\" alt=\"Lions DC says Aidan Hutchinson is back\" width=\"832\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Detroit Lions had their best regular season in franchise history in 2024, claiming the first overall seed in the NFC despite having to overcome a host of injuries to key pieces all over the roster.<\/p>\n<p>One of those injuries was a brutal leg fracture suffered by star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who was in the middle of a Defensive Player of the Year caliber season. There were rumors that Hutchinson could\u2019ve returned to play had the Lions managed to advance to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Lions were shockingly upset by the Washington Commanders in the divisional round.<\/p>\n<p>However, new Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard has seen Hutchinson in action, and he thinks the star pass rusher is ready to pick up where he left off before his season was cut short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went over there in individual and I said, \u2018Look, you know how I know you\u2019re back?\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018How?\u2019\u201d Sheppard said, according to the Detroit Free Press. \u201cI said, \u2018Because you\u2019re touching that ground when you run that hoop.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s this little thing he does like he\u2019s some supernatural cat, which he is. But I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s how I know you\u2019re back, Big Dog.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Lions defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers also commented on Hutchinson\u2019s road back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LJgt998guJ7m4GZ7ASqvjQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/detroit-free-press\/f43f9d6dac965634513c7901ea50d0a1\" alt=\"Lions 'elated' for Aidan Hutchinson's return from injury: 'That's how I  know you're back' - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust kind of sitting here, just imagining what this guy went through,\u201d Rodgers said. \u201cOne, what he worked on to get back in case they made it to the end last year and then to see where he is right now, it\u2019s just this guy, he\u2019s a true pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hutchinson and the Lions will turn their focus to getting over the hump and reaching the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"author-box\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard says that pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson is looking good in his return from injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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