"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.

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.