Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski may poach former Pro Bowl pass rusher from Browns team that fired him
Za'Darius Smith was supposedly set to sign with the Cleveland Browns, if one believed the reports coming out of The Land over the weekend. But there is a significant problem with those reports.Smith, a three-time Pro Bowl player with 70 1/2 career sacks, doesn't think that's necessarily true.And he called out one of the reporters who supposedly broke the news.
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Za'Darius Smith was supposedly set to sign with the Cleveland Browns, if one believed the reports coming out of The Land over the weekend. But there is a significant problem with those reports.Smith, a three-time Pro Bowl player with 70 1/2 career sacks, doesn't think that's necessarily true.And he called out one of the reporters who supposedly broke the news. And then he worked out for the Atlanta Falcons on Monday.ATLANTA FALCONS 2026 BETTING PREVIEW: LIMITED UPGRADES HAS NEW HEAD COACH KEVIN STEFANSKI FACING A STEEP CLIMBSo we have a lot going on here, none of it good for Cleveland.Let's get specific:The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com reported Sunday that Smith was set to sign with the Browns, and as late as noonish Monday was describing the negotiations as possibly being "finalized today."Except Smith, who has played on six teams in his 11 seasons, has a say in the matter and he was in Atlanta. And he called out the reports of him heading to Cleveland."I haven't signed yet," Smith wrote on social media, adding the bulging eyes emoji.
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- Za'Darius Smith was supposedly set to sign with the Cleveland Browns, if one believed the reports coming out of The Land over the weekend. But there is a significant problem with those reports.Smith, a three-time Pro Bowl player with 70 1/2 career sacks, doesn't think that's necessarily true.And he called out one of the reporters who supposedly broke the news.
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Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski may poach former Pro Bowl pass rusher from Browns team that fired him
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