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With Hutchinson signed, Lions prep to keep stars
Since the spring of 2024, the Detroit Lions have signed nine players to contracts worth a total of nearly $1 billion.
Yet in a way — and in a testament to how well this team has drafted — their work is just beginning.
The Lions have four key players from their 2023 draft class– running back Jahmyr Gibbs, tight end Sam LaPorta, linebacker Jack Campbell and safety Brian Branch — who will be eligible for their first contract extensions after this season.
In recent years, Detroit had a massive challenge to rebuild its roster, which it successfully navigated. Now the challenge will be keeping that roster together.
NFL news, injury updates entering Week 9: Aidan Hutchinson signs 4-year extension with Lions, while 'no chance' Browns trade Myles Garrett
Another defensive star has earned a long-term extension with his respective franchise, as Detroit Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson signed a four-year, $180 million extension with the team.
He's one of several pass rushers to earn a bag in 2025, including Micah Parsons with the Green Bay Packers, T.J. Watt with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Myles Garrett with the Cleveland Browns.
Speaking of Garrett, a source told ESPN there's "no chance" he'll be traded before next Tuesday's deadline. Garrett has been vocal — more than once — this season about his frustration with the losing in Cleveland, but he has a no-trade clause and reportedly hasn't hinted he'd like a change of scenery.
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Inside the Aidan Hutchinson deal
The Lions usually give their draft picks who panned out new contracts after three seasons. As to defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, the team wanted to sure he had recovered from last year’s serious leg injury.
And so, after seven games and during the bye week, Hutchinson finally got his reward. It was better late than never for Hutchinson, who carried the injury risk for the first eight weeks of the 2025 season.
We’ve gotten the full details of the four-year extension, which makes it a five-and-a-half year contract. Here’s the full and complete, no-fluff, no-BS, no-exaggerations-in-exchange-for-future-considerations terms:
1. Signing bonus: $15 million, with half paid within 30 days of signing and the other half paid by January 29, 2026.