Aiden Hutchinson - Massive Contract Extension

[Chicken Boo]

I guess I need to watch more of him because I don't see $45 mill a year.  That's nuts.  

[Maynard]

5 hours ago, NickelCity said:

Crazy to me that there are grown men named Aiden. 

Yeah, maybe “cute” for a little boy or something. If that were my first name, I’d go by AIDS. 

[Shortchaz]

You can’t overpay a great player, you can only overpay a good player. Beane has at least 6 overpaid on the current roster (as far as ROI). I’m not saying it’s an easy job, but he has made his bed. This team needs to reach a Superbowl or he is a failure. 

[BillsPride12]

27 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

I guess I need to watch more of him because I don't see $45 mill a year.  That's nuts.  

Yes you do then.

 

He's a true blue chipper.  You pay those guys

[DrDawkinstein]

32 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:

I guess I need to watch more of him because I don't see $45 mill a year.  That's nuts.  

 

You definitely do. Kid is a freak. Should have been the #1 pick but the Jags Jagged it up.

[Thurman#1]

17 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

https://www.9and10news.com/sports/2025/10/29/detroit-lions-aidan-hutchinson-signs-record-180-million-contract/

 

“The Detroit Lions and defensive end Aidan Hutchinson have agreed to a four-year, $180 million conyears, whh come sot tract extension.”

 

 

I just wish that reporters wouldn't say things like she does in this article like, "Hutchinson’s average annual salary of $45 million makes him the second-highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, trailing only Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons, who earns $46.5 million per year after being traded from the Dallas Cowboys and signing an extension before the season."

 

Neither of them has an average annual salary of $45M or $46.5M.

 

Those are the average of the extension only, NOT of what the team will have to pay if they keep them until the end of the extensions. 

Hutchinson's extension starts in 2027 and ends after 2030, but he actually got $15M yesterday. From this year through 2030, he'll cost about $210.8M over 6 years, which comes to about $35M per year. 

 

Parsons' deal starts next year so the actual figures are closes to the value of the extension, but still quite a bit less over the course of the whole five years, which is the correct way to look at it, unless you are Parsons' agent.

 

Hutchinson's terrific, and it's a good deal for the Lions.

 

 

10 hours ago, Shortchaz said:

You can’t overpay a great player, you can only overpay a good player. Beane has at least 6 overpaid on the current roster (as far as ROI). I’m not saying it’s an easy job, but he has made his bed. This team needs to reach a Superbowl or he is a failure. 

 

 

Nonsense.

 

You can overpay anyone. It's harder to overpay great ones, but very far from impossible. Just a quick example is that Stefon Diggs was great when we signed his extension. Then stuff happened. Aiyuk was great, till he hasn't been. Quenton Nelson was great, till he hasn't been. Things change, guys get injured, stuff happens.

 

And Beane's been very good and continues to be so. Not perfect, or close, but nobody is.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 09:52 AM by Thurman#1

[JP51]

16 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Serious question, did you mistake this for the Sabres board? Because yes, he's a bit meddling over there, but when it comes to the Bills he pretty much just signs the checks when asked.

Serious answer LOL... no I did not...   but the comment was made in reference to  another posters comments on Jerry Jones meddling.... I compared him to Pegula's meddling with the Sabres causing angst and questionable decisions for the Cowboys... But I have to say, in the end it was just a sarcastic little  comment to bust on Jerry Jones meddling ways...  I had no idea would cause such a concern LOL...