Drake Maye, Aidan Hutchinson Injury Outlooks Explained

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Drake Maye Faces High-Ankle Concern as Aidan Hutchinson’s Celebration Injury Raises ACL Fears

By video, Drake Maye appears to have suffered the dreaded right high-ankle sprain. The hope is that the injury is mild to moderate rather than severe and that he can avoid a four-week stint on injured reserve. With the Patriots entering their bye week, going on IR would give him five weeks of rest. There is hope he could return for the matchup against the Bills, but that remains to be seen.

Aidan Hutchinson’s injury also appeared to happen during a sack celebration. Although there is no official news, the concern based on video is an ACL injury.

Hutchinson would not be the first defensive lineman to suffer such an injury while celebrating. In 2014, Stephen Tulloch of the Detroit Lions tore his ACL after celebrating a sack with a similar stomping motion. Lamar Houston of the Bears also tore his ACL while celebrating against the Patriots. Chicago was down 25 points in the fourth quarter at the time.

It is an unfortunate injury for Hutchinson, with further clarity still to come.