ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Detroit Lions defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson had profitable surgical procedure to restore a fractured tibia and fibula that he sustained towards the Dallas Cowboys, the crew introduced Monday.
Hutchinson had the surgical procedure at Baylor White Medical Heart within the Dallas space. He’ll return to Detroit this week and was anticipated to make a full restoration, the Lions mentioned.
There was no speedy timeline for his return to play.
Hutchinson was carted off the sector after a sack of Dallas QB Dak Prescott within the third quarter of the Lions’ 47-9 win over the Cowboys on Sunday.
Hutchinson’s leg appeared to snap above the ankle when it collided with the left leg of teammate Alim McNeill as Hutchinson was pulling Prescott down.
“I haven’t seen it myself so I couldn’t really tell,” McNeill mentioned. “I didn’t know if it was him or not, but I did feel somebody like leg-whip me, and then I see Hutch down. That’s wild to see. I hate that for him.”
The Lions have been main 34-6 on the time of the harm to Hutchinson, who entered the sport because the NFL chief in sacks with 6 1/2.
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 general decide within the 2022 draft.
After Hutchinson was loaded onto a cart with a solid on his leg, teammates and Dallas gamers reached over to pat the 24-year-old. Hutchinson had the third Detroit sack of the sport. McNeill had the primary two.
“That’s hard for everybody when you’re standing there and that’s one of yours and something like that happens,” coach Dan Campbell mentioned. “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.”
Prescott, who landed on prime of Hutchinson’s left leg after the harm occurred, sustained an analogous 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 sector.
“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. … When you’re in that, it’s blurry. So I don’t even know if he heard them. Don’t care if he heard them. I understand where he was.”
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