CBS Sports: Lions, fans favorite star man ruled out due to blackbuster and will take a season to recover.

Normally, the Detroit Lions would be ecstatic the day after winning 47-9. Naturally, the most significant development following Sunday’s victory over the Dallas Cowboys was defensive end Aidan Hutchinson’s fractured leg sustained early in the third quarter.

Hutchinson was hurt when he clashed with teammate Alim McNeill’s knees during a sack of Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. After being dragged off the field and placed in an air cast. At a hospital in the Dallas region, he underwent emergency surgery to fix what initially seemed to be a fractured left tibia.

According to reports from late Sunday night, if the Lions go to the Super Bowl, Hutchinson might play again. It would be really amazing to recover fully from a broken leg in less than four months. More broadly, that statement expresses assurance that Hutchinson will be prepared for action in plenty of time for the start of the following season.

Update on Aidan Hutchinson’s injury: surgery, length of recuperation, etc.

The Lions provided an update regarding Hutchinson on Twitter early on Monday morning.

“Last night (Sunday night), Aidan Hutchinson underwent successful surgery at Baylor White Medical Center in Irving, Texas, to repair a fractured tibia and fibula. This week, Hutchinson will return to Detroit, where he should fully recuperate. There is currently no schedule for his comeback to the game.”

Naturally, both are in the lower leg: the tibia is the shin bone and the fibula is the calf bone. Following Sunday’s game, Dan Campbell, the head coach of the Lions, promptly confirmed that Hutchinson had broken his tibia. Although the fractured fibula is new, it was probably not totally anticipated given the incident’s images.

Hutchinson’s season is done, according to ESPN Adam Schefter. This is confirmation rather than a surprise, given his ailment usually takes six to eight months to heal. Schefter further stated that during the procedure, a rod was inserted into Hutchinson’s leg.

Thus, Monday morning’s new information regarding Hutchison is essentially what was anticipated. He underwent “successful surgery” (as if there were any other kind of operation). He is out for the season and is anticipated to fully recover.

Brad Holmes, general manager of the Lions, seemed averse to going “all-in” on a trade that would require giving up a sizable amount of draft capital. To prevent someone who doesn’t fit from upsetting the culture the Lions have created. In general, there is nothing wrong with the notion.

However, there will never be a better time to act aggressively before the Nov. 5 trade deadline if replacing one of the finest pass rushers in the game in the midst of a season where there is a real opportunity to win the Super Bowl isn’t the proper move.