The Cleveland Browns traded Za’Darius Smith, who was due a cap number of $5.7 million in 2025.

After weeks and weeks of speculation, the Cleveland Browns finally decided to make a trade a month in the making: Za'Darius Smith was shipped to the Detroit Lions with a 2026 seventh-round draft pick for the surprisingly reasonable price of a 2025 fifth-round and a 2026 sixth-round draft picks.

Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe talk about the Browns roster following Tuesday's trade deadline on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast.

The Cleveland Browns are heading towards today's NFL trade deadline with quite a few questions that need to be answered and quite a few players who could be mov

At 2-7, the Browns are using the final day before the trade deadline to move on from players who aren’t in their plans for 2025 and beyond. Moving on from Jefferson and edge rusher Za’Darius Smith opens up snaps to evaluate second-round defensive tackle Michael Hall Jr. and defensive end Isaiah McGuire.

Here’s a quick summary of the picks the Cleveland Browns have in the 2025 NF draft ahead of the NFL trade deadline.

Lions Acquire Browns LB Za'Darius Smith

The NFL trade deadline hit at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday with no fresh news involving the Detroit Lions. GM Brad Holmes and the Lions made their move hours earlier on Tuesday morning in acquiring EDGE Za'Da