Lions edge rusher is currently the most glaring trade need in the entire NFL. It was risky to enter the season counting on Marcus Davenport to stay healthy for an entire campaign, and he lasted two games. Losing Aidan Hutchinson, who’d been a leading candidate for Defensive Player of the Year, was disastrous. Detroit simply doesn’t generate consistent pressure with anyone else on the edge. Even after the Lions played all of Week 7 without him, Hutchinson still leads the team with 30 pressures. Given that the next closest edge player on the roster is Josh Paschal with nine, there is a good chance Hutchinson will continue to pace his position group into December. The Lions can get pressure in the middle with stud Alim McNeill, but they need help outside. Aaron Glenn tried to manufacture pressure against Minnesota, blitzing on 20 of 35 dropbacks (57.1%) on Sunday, but Detroit failed to generate pressure most of the game, finishing with just four pressures on 14 blitzes through three quarters, per Next Gen Stats. Sending extra bodies — particularly when those bodies are stuffed by the opposing pass protection — stresses the secondary. The DBs held up splendidly in Week 7, but Detroit can’t count on that trend continuing into February. With their Super Bowl window yawning, the Lions need to make a move. Even if Maxx Crosby and Myles Garrett are off the table, a play for someone like Za’Darius Smith, Azeez Ojulari, Emmanuel Ogbah or Josh Uche must be explored. Team brass knows full well that a move must be made.