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The Detroit Lions decided to cut veteran pass rusher Za’Darius Smith before free agency, mostly because of his contract. The way it was structured, he was due nearly $9 million in bonuses, and letting him go freed up $5.7 million in cap space with no dead money. So financially, it made sense.