The Detroit Lions are coming off a heartbreaking 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, November 2, at home, and that defeat showed that the team has some holes in their lineup to fill if they want to go all the way for the 2025-26 season. One of those holes, of course, is when it comes to the defensive end position.
The Lions have a star player in Aidan Hutchinson, who has clocked seven sacks this season, according to NFL research. During the team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, Hutchinson had one sack and two tackles, ESPN notes. The numbers and statistics show that he’s delivering this season, but he can’t do it alone.
So, the Detroit Lions are wise to look at trading to get a solid defensive end to help Hutch before the NFL’s trade deadline of Tuesday, November 4. If they don’t want to spend the bag, or picks, of one of the top edge rushers in the league, they have another option who’s with their foes, the Green Bay Packers.
Detroit Lions Trade Pitch Snags Green Bay Packers Player
If the Detroit Lions don’t want to spend it all to get a top edge rusher such as Trey Hendrickson, they have someone else waiting in the wing. Their next best option is right around the corner with a rival in the NFC North.
Enter Green Bay Packers defensive end Kingsley Enagbare. The Packers don’t really need him and are putting all of their eggs into the Micah Parsons basket, so they are certainly sellers. Plus, the Packers could use draft capital after giving the Dallas Cowboys two first-rounders for Parsons.
So, in this trade pitch, the Detroit Lions get Enagbare, and the Packers get a fifth-round pick. It’s a fair trade, and both teams get what they need from it. Are you listening, Brad Holmes? Give Hutch a break.
Detroit Lions’ Dan Campbell Talks Loss to Minnesota Vikings
Following the Lions’ loss to the Vikings, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell talked about the pressure that the Vikings’ defense had on the team. “Self-induced. Oh, yeah. Very disappointing,” he said. “We knew what we were going to get going into this. We knew there would be some wrinkles, but there was nothing that we hadn’t seen before. We did not – we didn’t handle it. We did not handle it well.”
He added, “I know we got beat on a couple of them, just physically beat on a couple that we expect not to. We expect more out of our guys. But some of it, we act like it was something exotic. It wasn’t. We just didn’t handle it well. We weren’t on the same page. We were not on the same page.”
Later, Campbell reiterated that the Vikings didn’t pull out anything new against the Lions. “No, I mean they changed a few things up. He changed his MO,” Campbell said. “But what I’m saying is, this is the third year we’ve played them. We’ve seen all of this at some point. That’s my point.”
He added that the Lions also didn’t “handle some of the communication well” and that they need to all be on the same page in the future. The future is the team’s game on Sunday, November 9, against the Washington Commanders.
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