{"id":9771,"date":"2025-01-09T11:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9771"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:31:45","slug":"will-aidan-hutchinson-be-back-with-the-lions-for-the-divisional-round-latest-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=9771","title":{"rendered":"Will Aidan Hutchinson be back with the Lions for the Divisional Round? Latest injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.asmedia.epimg.net\/resizer\/v2\/VGJ5DQO6X3362EWRWOYSBZ35FY.jpg?auth=a082621fb534ebc7d4859b8a7ede97dd425837622498752822383fb58ac5f82e&amp;width=360&amp;height=203&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"The defensive end has been on injured reserve since Week 6. Let\u2019s take a look at his chances of returning for the postseason.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The <b>Detroit Lions<\/b> are waiting to see <b>who they will face in the NFC divisional round<\/b>. As the No.1 seeds, Daniel Campbell\u2019s team have a bye which means they can enjoy an extra week\u2019s rest and watch the Wild Card round from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The <b>Packers <\/b>(No.7 seed) <b>Commanders <\/b>(No.6), <b>Vikings <\/b>(No.5) or the <b>Rams <\/b>(No.4) are the teams that the Lions could face in the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There is a glimmer of hope that defensive end <b>Aidan Hutchinson could return at some point during the playoffs<\/b> although that will depend on how far the Lions go.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Having Aidan Hutchinson in your ear can make a difference. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnePride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnePride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/66EH839JlZ\">pic.twitter.com\/66EH839JlZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNFonNBC\/status\/1876121089111396805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\"><b>What injury did Aidan Hutchinson suffer?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Hutchinson fractured the fibula and tibia bones<\/b> in his left leg during an unfortunate collision with a team mates in the Lions&#8217; 47-9 win against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6. <b>He was placed on injured reserve <\/b>with a recovery time of between four to six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In theory, <b>Hutchinson could return in the second week of February<\/b> and the player is hopeful of being back if the Lions make it to the Super Bowl, which is set for 9 February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, he still hasn\u2019t returned to practice which means it\u2019s <b>unlikely that he will be available for the divisional round<\/b> which get underway on Saturday 18 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Campbell was optimistic about seeing his DE before the season is out, telling reporters back in October: \u201c<b>I would never count Hutch out, ever<\/b>. So yeah, probably long road. But I would never count him out and I would say if anybody can make it back it\u2019s him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defensive end has been on injured reserve since Week 6. Let\u2019s take a look at his chances of returning for the postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9771","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will Aidan Hutchinson be back with the Lions for the Divisional Round? 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