Browns trade DE Za'Darius Smith to Lions needing help after Aidan Hutchinson injury, AP source says

A personification acquainted pinch nan waste and acquisition tells The Associated Press nan Cleveland Browns are trading protect extremity Za’Darius Smith to nan Detroit Lions, who were looking for an separator rusher pursuing prima Aidan Hutchinson’s limb injury

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns are trading protect extremity Za'Darius Smith to nan Detroit Lions, who were looking for an separator rusher pursuing prima Aidan Hutchinson's limb injury, a personification acquainted pinch nan woody told The Associated Press connected Tuesday.

The Browns, already looking to rebuild successful a disappointing season, are sending Smith and a seventh-round prime successful 2026 to nan Lions. In return, Cleveland is getting a fifth-round prime successful 2025 and a sixth-round prime successful 2026, nan personification said.

The personification said connected information of anonymity because nan teams person not announced nan deal.

The teams agreed connected nan woody hours earlier nan 4 p.m. waste and acquisition deadline, but Smith's move has been rumored for weeks pinch nan Browns successful a tailspin and looking to get draught assets for what appears to beryllium different rebuild.

The Lions (7-1), connected nan different hand, are morganatic Super Bowl contenders and were looking to bolster their walk unreserved aft Hutchinson collapsed his leg.

Smith resigned arsenic a free supplier pinch nan Browns successful March. He was initially brought to Cleveland to thief Myles Garrett up front.

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