It took a while to hammer out the details, but the Detroit Lions finally got a deal done before Tuesday’s trade deadline. Cleveland Browns defensive end Za’Darius Smith is heading to Detroit after agreeing to a trade.
Let’s break down the trade and offer an overall grade for the move.
Terms
As a reminder, here’s what it cost to acquire:
Lions get:
- Za’Darius Smith
- 2026 seventh-round pick
Browns get:
- 2025 fifth-round pick
- 2026 sixth-round pick
It became clear over the past few days that the Browns wanted a fourth-round pick, but Lions general manager Brad Holmes stood pat and found an alternate way of giving the Browns more than a fifth-round pick.