Overview
- ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports Detroit and Aidan Hutchinson have held exploratory discussions on a contract extension.
- Fowler projects Hutchinson will be paid among the top edge rushers, citing recent benchmark deals for Micah Parsons, Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt and Maxx Crosby.
- Detroit already exercised Hutchinson’s 2026 fifth-year option earlier this offseason.
- Through five games, Hutchinson is tied for first in total pressures (31) and ranks among the leaders with five sacks and three forced fumbles, per Lions Wire and Pro Football Reference.
- Hutchinson has returned from October 2024 tibia and fibula fractures to regain elite form, while coach Dan Campbell rejected a report that the team asked the NFL to review how opponents were hitting him.