leads the NFL with 11 sacks and played for Lions coaches in New Orleans. Hendrickson would have certainly cost the Lions a lot more draft capital than Smith, but he would have come with a sticky contract situation. FILM REVIEW:Za'Darius Smith won't replace ...

The Lions are acquiring veteran EDGE Za’Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. The Lions get EDGE Za’Darius Smith and a 7th-round pick in 2026 from Cleveland Cleveland gets Detroit’s 5th rounder in 2025 and a ...

Marshon Lattimore, Za’Darius Smith, Mike Williams, Preston Smith and Tre’Davious White were sent to winning teams. Jonathan Mingo and Khalil Herbert are going to a place where they'll play more. NFL teams, especially contenders, were active before ...

The Lions added one of the market's top edge rushers just before Tuesday's NFL trade deadline. Detroit moved a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-rounder to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for edge rusher Za'Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick.

The Detroit Lions traded to bring in veteran EDGE Za’Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns ... in Baltimore as a fourth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. Like current Lions EDGE Josh Paschal, Smith played collegiately at Kentucky.

The Cleveland Browns are turning the page on their season and toward the 2025 NFL draft after trading away Za'Darius Smith to the Detriot Lions. Smith becomes the second veteran to be traded this season,

The Lions are doing what they can to fill that Aidan Hutchinson-sized hole in their defense for their Super Bowl push.

Already boasting the top scoring offense in the NFL, the Lions knew they needed to fill their void at defensive end after Aidan Hutchinson sustained a season-ending leg injury, so they went out and acquired Za'Darius Smith, who they coveted. NFL STATS ...

Hours ahead of the NFL's cutoff for moves on Tuesday, the Lions agreed to acquire defensive end Za'Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns. According to multiple reports, Smith and a 2026 seventh-round draft pick will go to the Lions, who in turn will ...

Reports throughout the days leading up to the trade deadline indicated that the Browns were asking for an early Day 3 Draft pick, believed to be a fourth-round pick. However, the Lions got him for a step lower, packaging a 2025 fifth and a 2026 sixth to get the deal done.

Perhaps the most predictable deal of the NFL trade deadline came to fruition on Tuesday with the Detroit Lions acquiring Za'Darius Smith from the