The Detroit Lions need to explore ways to put their supremely talented roster over the top to a Super Bowl in 2025 after a bitterly disappointing ending to the 2024 campaign that saw an early playoff exit. One area the Lions could improve is the pass-rush. Detroit needs to decide what to do with Za’Darius Smith, who is entering the final year of his contract, but the Lions also need depth and a long-term solution opposite Aidan Hutchinson.
Knowing all that, the Lions have been speculated as one of the top possible landing spots for Cleveland Browns superstar edge rusher Myles Garrett, who recently demanded a trade via a post on social media. “It’s not a decision I take lightly,” Garrett said of his trade request while making the rounds at radio row. “It took time and lots of conversation, but just looking at the trajectory of the team, talking to some of the higher-ups…”
“I have a lot of respect for them, but I just don’t think we’re aligned on where the team is going in the near future,” Garrett concluded. Garrett was in attendance at the NFL Honors show on Thursday night, as were some Lions players, including Hutchinson and quarterback Jared Goff. In fact, the three of them were seen chopping it up at the ceremony, which, as you’d expect, sparked some excitement from Lions fans who want Garrett in Motown.
While at the show, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press caught up with Hutchinson and asked him about a possible trade for Garrett. The former No. 2 overall pick thinks acquiring the five-time Pro Bowler is “very unlikely.” “Everyone’s asking me about that. I don’t know,” Hutchinson said of the Garrett to Lions hypothetical.
“I don’t think — you can’t have that many dudes on one D-line, I don’t know. Who knows, but I think it’s very unlikely.” I mean, Hutchinson isn’t wrong. It should be illegal to have the kind of defensive line the Lions would be sporting if they were to acquire the future Hall of Fame edge rusher.
Along with Hutchinson and Garrett, the Lions would also be starting Alim McNeill and D.J. Reader. If you were to draw up a Super Bowl-caliber defensive line, it would look like that. Before Thursday night, Birkett caught up with Garrett on radio row and asked him if he had any thoughts on playing for the Lions, to which Garrett responded:
“Not yet.” A Lions-Garrett pairing makes all the sense in the world. The Lions would offer Garrett a chance to win a Super Bowl, and Garrett would get Detroit closer to winning one.
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