Browns Seeking โ€˜Really Good Day 3 Pickโ€™ For OLB Zaโ€™Darius Smith

In a hit on ESPNโ€™s Sportscenter, Jeremy Fowler reports the Browns have a strong market for OLB Zaโ€™Darius Smith and are seeking a โ€œreally good Day 3 pickโ€ in a trade. 

Za'Darius Smith

Fowler gets the sense from the teams heโ€™s spoken to that a fourth-round pick would prompt Cleveland to pull the trigger on a trade. 

Barring that, the Browns are saying theyโ€™re fine keeping Smith through the deadline, as he remains under contract beyond 2024. 

Fowler notes there are several pass rusher-needy teams, including the Lions, who could use help with a player like Smith. 

Smith, 32, is a former fourth-round pick of the Ravens back in 2015. He played out the final year of his four-year rookie contract before agreeing to a four-year, $66 million contract with the Packers in 2019. 

Smith had one year remaining on his contract and was set to make a base salary of $14,500,000 for the 2021 season when the Packers released him. 

The Ravens reached an agreement with Smith on a four-year deal worth $35 million, but he opted to back out of the deal and sign a three-year, $42 million contract with the Vikings. From there, the Vikings traded Smith to the Browns and he agreed to a two-year, $23.5 million contract with Cleveland this past March. 

In 2024, Smith has appeared in eight games for the Browns and recorded 22 total tackles and five sacks.

Weโ€™ll have more on Smith ahead of the trade deadline as the news is available. 

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