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Lions' Aidan Hutchinson using Jaguars' draft-day snub as added fuel ahead of matchup

Allen Park — Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown can list all 16 wide receivers taken before him in the 2021 draft. For teammate Aidan Hutchinson, remembering his draft day slights are a little easier, but the fact that Sunday's opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars, passed on him with the No. 1 pick isn't something he's forgotten.

"It was weird, I thought I was going there for about three months and then about a week before the draft, something changed," Hutchinson said. "I guess my arms were just not quite long enough, but that hit a week before the draft, so we’ll see if that extra couple inches was the difference.