For a second straight offseason, a singular question poisoned the well of any water cooler talk about the Detroit Lions: “When will they give Aidan Hutchinson some help?”
First it was Maxx Crosby, and then it was Myles Garrett. Shortly thereafter, it was Trey Hendrickson—guessing we’ll double back on this after we see what the Cincinnati Bengals look like a month from now. Even after all of those names, it could have still been T.J. Watt or Micah Parsons… Matthew Judon visited? Kash Doll’s involvement means a Za’Darius Smith reunion is happening any minute now…
But while fans scrolled through every rumor and reach, the real answer, much like your loose change or TV remote, came from an unexpected source.
Despite being drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints—who put toget