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The Green Bay Packers on Tuesday traded pass rusher Preston Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round pick.<\/p>\n

The Packers’ trade of Smith, who has amassed at least eight sacks in each of the last three seasons, was widely regarded as a surprising move. But some clarity on the trade emerged from Smith himself on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Following his first practice in Pittsburgh, Smith met with the media and revealed that he had requested a trade out of Green Bay\u2014and that the Packers’ front office had complied with his request. Kevin Gorman of Tribune-Review Sports<\/em> shared video of Smith’s media session.<\/p>\n

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Edge rusher Preston Smith says he requested a trade from Green Bay, which switched to a 4-3 so he was excited to return to a 3-4 defense with the Steelers. pic.twitter.com\/pkK8qx5mPS<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kevin Gorman (@KevinGormanPGH) November 6, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

“A few weeks ago, I requested a trade,” Smith said. “I didn’t feel like I was being useful in the system. It wasn’t catering to my play style. Moving forward, I wasn’t surprised when I got the call.<\/p>\n

“I got what I asked for.”<\/p>\n

Smith, who recorded 2.5 sacks and four quarterback hits in nine games with Green Bay this season, explained that he was not a good fit in Packers first-year defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley’s 4-3 defense, and that Pittsburgh’s 3-4 alignment was a return to the familiarity of the past nine years of his career.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just what I\u2019ve been playing in the last nine years of my career until this last season,” Smith said. “It\u2019s what I feel comfortable playing in, what I got used to playing in. Just being back in the system is like riding your favorite bike again.”<\/p>\n

Smith, who ranks 16th on the NFL’s career active sacks list with 68.5, joins a Steelers defensive front that features four-time All-Pro and 2021 Defensive Player of The Year T.J. Watt, three-time All-Pro Cameron Heyward and 2022 breakout linebacker Alex Highsmith.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh (6-2) travels to Washington to take on the Commanders (7-2) in Week 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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