Za'Darius Smith, Detroit Lions, OLB - News, Stats, Bio

NFC North Standings

Team	Div	Overall
DET	6-0-0	15-2-0
MIN	4-2-0	14-3-0
GB	1-5-0	11-6-0
CHI	1-5-0	5-12-0

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2024 Defensive

STATS	CMB Total Tackles	SCK Sacks	FUM Forced Fumbles	INT Interceptions	TD Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
Regular Season	35	9.0	0	0	0
Post Season	0	0.0	0	0	0

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The Lions are releasing Smith, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
Smith was entering the second of a two-year, $23 million contract and would have been a $5.75 million cap hit for Detroit in 2025. The 33-year-old provided much needed production for the Lions after being traded from the Browns last season, logging 4.0 sacks over the final eight games of the 2024 campaign. Smith totaled 9.0 sacks over 17 regular-season games last year, and he should get plenty of attention this offseason from teams in need of pass-rushing help. Meanwhile, the Lions likely will look to the draft or free agency to find a new edge defender to play opposite Aidan Hutchinson, who is coming off a season-ending leg injury.

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Smith logged 35 tackles (22 solo), including 9.0 sacks, and one pass defense across 17 regular-season games in 2024.
Smith was in Cleveland for the first half of the 2024 regular season, but he was traded along with a 2026 seventh-round pick to Detroit in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick. Smith's production with the Lions mirrored his output with the Browns, and he gave Detroit much needed depth at defensive end following the loss of Aidan Hutchinson (leg). Smith will be under the final year of his two-year contract in 2025 and will form a formidable pass-rushing duo with Hutchinson once the latter is fully healthy.

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