Amidst a series of devastating defensive personnel losses due to injury, the Detroit Lions desperately need some hope. Aidan Hutchinson, one of the first of many Lions defenders lost this season, offered up some of that hope.
In an interview with actor (and Lions fan) Taylor Lautner on the podcast Lautner does with his wife (also named Taylor), Hutchinson continued with his assertion that he would be able to return for a Lions appearance in the Super Bowl.
“I’m on track for my goal of returning for the Super Bowl,” Hutchinson said. “And so, I keep telling all the boys when I see them in the (Lions) facility, ‘you’ve just to get there. And I promise you I’m going to be back’.”
The NFL Network show Football Morning in America shared a clip of the exchange:
True Grit & true fandom@Lions superfan Taylor Lautner joins with some exclusive news from @aidanhutch97 👀🦁#OnePride pic.twitter.com/D5DwIDKP6a
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) December 17, 2024
Hutchinson suffered a broken shin in the Lions win over Dallas on October 13th. He had surgery and has been rehabbing with the hope of being able to return deep in the postseason. The Super Bowl will be played in New Orleans on February 9th, just under four months after Hutchinson got injured. That’s on the very early end of the expected 4-to-6 month rehab for the injury.