Smith could end up in Washington<\/a> when it’s all said and done.<\/p>\n“The Commanders are striving to take advantage of Jayden Daniels\u2019 rookie contract by adding veterans to push for a Lombardi Trophy,” Holder wrote. “However, Dante Fowler, who led the team in sacks with 10.5 sacks last year, returned to the Dallas Cowboys during free agency.<\/p>\n
“So, the Commanders defense could use a pass-rusher to help replace that production.”<\/p>\n
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Smith is long in the tooth at 32 years old (33 in September), but he hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down just yet.<\/p>\n
The three-time Pro Bowler tallied nine sacks in 17 games between stints with the Cleveland Browns and Lions last season. That would’ve ranked second on the Commanders in 2024.<\/p>\n
Smith is likely looking for around $11 million or so, as that’s what the veteran was slated to make before his release.\u00a0Washington is well-positioned to bring Smith in with $21.3 million in cap space currently.<\/p>\n
What’s even better, Smith is only going to garner a one-year deal at his age, so there isn’t any long-term risk. Smith can help Washington’s defense in 2025, while also giving the franchise more time to find a more permanent solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Washington Commanders want to improve their chances of winning the Super Bowl in 2025, they need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[257,9084,146,113,2506,7,734,147,6,8563,111,13799],"class_list":{"0":"post-188545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-dante-fowler-jr","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-lions","12":"tag-detroitlions","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jayden-daniels","15":"tag-lions","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-the-commanders","18":"tag-washington-commanders","19":"tag-zadarius-smith-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114812584441099475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}