One major task for the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0this offseason is securing a long-term deal for star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson. On Wednesday, the first major move in the edge rusher market happened when the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0gave Maxx Crosby a three-year, $106.5 million extension, per multiple reports.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s an average of $34.5 million per year, the highest ever for a defensive player. Notably, the deal includes $91.5 million guaranteed\u2014roughly 86% of the added money.<\/p>\n
Despite recovering from an injury, Hutchinson could surpass those numbers. At 24, he\u2019s younger than Crosby (27) and matched his 7.5 sacks last season despite missing seven more games. Plus, this would be Hutchinson\u2019s first extension after his rookie contract.<\/p>\n
As Adam Schefter noted, Hutchinson isn\u2019t the only star edge rusher due for a big payday. Trey Hendrickson, Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt, and Micah Parsons are also in line for new contracts this year.<\/p>\n
If Detroit and Hutchinson aren\u2019t ready to finalize a deal, the Lions could buy time by picking up his fifth-year option. That would serve as a one-year, $19.9 million extension, keeping him under contract through 2026.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear where negotiations stand, but at last week\u2019s NFL Combine, Lions GM Brad Holmes hinted discussions were underway. \u201cWe have one that\u2019s due for an extension, and we\u2019ve already kind of gotten to the planning stages about him already,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One major task for the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0this offseason is securing a long-term deal for star pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson. On Wednesday, the first major move in the edge rusher market happened when the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0gave Maxx Crosby a three-year, $106.5 million extension, per multiple reports. That\u2019s an average of $34.5 million per year, the highest ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[1853,1920],"class_list":["post-28617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions","tag-aidan-hutchinson","tag-maxx-crosby"],"yoast_head":"\n