The Cleveland Browns have agreed to acquire Za'Darius Smith from the Minnesota Vikings for a pair of fifth-round picks (2024 and 2025). Cleveland will also get a 2025 sixth rounder and a 2025 seventh rounder.

Smith will team up with All-Pro Myles Garrett to give Cleveland one of the most accomplished pass-rushing duos in the NFL. Smith is one of five players to have 10-plus sacks in three of the past four seasons. Smith still has more than $11 in guaranteed salary left on his deal.

Justin Jefferson is eligible for a new contract with the Minnesota Vikings.

Kevin O'Connell says the team isn't feeling any pressure to get a deal done.

"I don't know if I'd put a timeline on it," O'Connell said. "I just know that, you know, we very much are looking forward to having Justin play here for a really long time. He has significantly impacted our organization in so many positive ways on and off the field. I look forward to when we get that done and we can move forward knowing that Justin's going to be here for the long term and we will get that done. Justin knows, his representation knows exactly how we feel about him. We'll work through that process here over the rest of this spring on into summer and then if we can get something done nobody will be more excited about it than me and we'll be looking forward to seeing what Justin does in year two in this offense."

Kirk Cousins has no doubt about where he wants to spend the rest of his career, even after negotiations with the Minnesota Vikings on a contract extension broke down this winter.

"I want to be in Minnesota," Cousins said. "That's kind of a no-brainer. Hopefully, we can earn the right to do that."

Cousins, who will turn 35 in August, is in the final year of a series of contracts that have paid him $155 million since the Vikings signed him in 2018.

Minnesota selected BYU's Jaren Hall in the fifth round as a developmental prospect, and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said afterward that "every option is open to us going forward" at the position, including signing Cousins to a new deal.

"In this league, there should never be entitlement," Cousins said. "You've always got to go play, and teams can do whatever they want to do. That's their prerogative. You just go to work. You do the best you can. I'm encouraged and excited because I do feel like I've got a lot of good football ahead of me."

Kirk Cousins is entering the final year of his contract and the Minnesota Vikings admit that everything is in play for the quarterback going forward.

The Vikings are coming off a 13-win year as Cousins enters his age-36 season.

Minnesota drafted BYU quarterback Jarren Hall in the fifth-round.

"We like where we are at the quarterback position," general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said. "But every option is open to us going forward. We're just really excited about Kirk this year. The weapons we've added in free agency, the weapons we've added in the draft, and we'll see what happens after that."