EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Asked about the surging play of rookie defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson this week, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell spoke Hutchinson’s heroics Sunday into existence.
“He wants to be a difference-maker,” Campbell said. “Like, he views himself as somebody like, ‘I can change the game. Like I can do that.’ And so I think when you get in those critical moments, those high-pressure situations, he’s somebody that thrives in that, like he enjoys that.”
Hutchinson came up with a key play at a critical time Sunday, intercepting a Daniel Jones pass with 6:09 left in the second quarter to help break open a three-point game and spark the Lions’ best performance of the Campbell era, a thorough 31-18 butt-whipping of the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.