Za’Darius Smith on trade talks: Not my decision, that’s all above

The Browns traded wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Bills this week, and there has been speculation about other possible moves the 1-5 team could make involving veteran team members.

One potential possibility would be a deal that would send edge rusher Za’Darius Smith to the Lions. Detroit lost Aidan Hutchinson for the season when he suffered a fractured tibia and fibula last Sunday, and Smith could be an option to bolster the area in the remaining weeks of the season.

Smith said Thursday that he hadn’t heard the Lions’ talk and that it wasn’t his job to make a trade.

“You know what, that is not my decision. That’s all up there,” Smith said, via Scott Petrak of BrownsZone.com. “I would rather you ask her what that would be.”

It may not be Smith’s decision, but it doesn’t sound like he hates the idea. The former Packer and Viking noted that he would get a chance to play against two of his former teams, admitting that “it might look good and feel good for me.”