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Aidan Hutchinson stopped a New England Patriots drive with a sack Sunday.
His celebration left the Detroit Lions waiting for word on their star pass rusher.
Hutchinson appeared to suffer an injury while celebrating the sack during Detroit’s game against New England in Munich, Germany, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported. Hutchinson walked off on his own and went immediately to the blue medical tent. Moments later, he was heading to the locker room.
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The Lions later announced that Hutchinson was questionable to return with a knee injury. The team did not specify the nature or severity of the injury in that update.
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With the Patriots facing third-and-goal from the Lions’ 14-yard line, Hutchinson brought down quarterback Drake Maye, and celebrated by jumping in the air and pumping his first. He quickly went to the ground and reached for his injured knee. New England settled for a field goal.
Detroit arrived in Germany with a defense that had driven a four-game winning streak. The Lions beat the Miami Dolphins 19–9 a week earlier, keeping Miami out of the end zone and limiting the Dolphins to 182 total yards.
That performance followed games in which Detroit allowed 21, 17 and 15 points. The Lions had not held four consecutive opponents to 21 points or fewer since 2016, according to the team’s website.
“Our front’s been playing at a pretty high level,” head coach Dan Campbell said after the Miami win. “We’ve been able to shut down the run.”
Hutchinson is central to that front. The former Michigan standout entered Sunday with five sacks through Detroit’s first eight games. His sack against Maye came after consecutive games without one against Minnesota and Miami.
He set a career high with 14.5 sacks in 2025, earning his second Pro Bowl selection and second-team Associated Press All-Pro honors. Detroit’s roster biography credits him with 43 sacks over his first four seasons, the most in franchise history over that span.
Sunday’s game was also Detroit’s first international appearance in a decade. The Lions and Patriots met at Allianz Arena in Munich, with Detroit trying to extend the winning streak that had brought it to 6–2.
There have been multiple key injuries in this game. The Patriots are down their starting quarterback after Maye went to the locker with an ankle injury that he suffered on the same Hutchinson sack. Backup Tommy DeVito is in.
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