Lions stand pat at NFL trade deadline

Pass rushers rare at trade deadline, but Detroit Lions 'excited' to add Za'Darius Smith
"Most teams aren’t going to give them up, they don’t care what you say, which is smart." The Lions acquired Za'Darius Smith in a deadline-day trade with the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday, sending a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Browns and swapping 2026 draft choices in the deal.
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In Za'Darius Smith deal, Detroit Lions did what they always do: Trade for now and future
The job of an NFL general manager is to give their team as many chances as they can. In the Za'Darius Smith trade, Brad Holmes accomplished that.
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The trade deadline has officially wrapped up and the Lions have made their move, trading with the Cleveland Browns for premier edge rusher Za’Darius Smith, who will fill in for an injured Aidan Hutchinson. That being said, in a year where Detroit has a ...
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The Lions have leaned on a variety of players to make up for the absence of Hutchinson, including Levi Onwuzurike, James Houston and Josh Paschal, but none of them has been an every-down player like Hutchinson was. Adding Smith gives Detroit another player to add to that rotation.
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Smith isn’t close to a one-for-one replacement for Hutchinson. He has a 13.9% pressure rate this season, according to TruMedia, while Hutchinson had a stellar 25% rate. Hutchinson still ranks fourth in the NFL with 45 total pressures and he did that in just five games.
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