The Lions traded for Za’Darius Smith earlier this month to bolster a defensive line missing Aidan Hutchinson and they first saw him in action during Sunday’s game against the Jaguars.

Smith played 37 of the team’s 48 defensive snaps and the veteran defensive end shared a sack with linebacker Jack Campbell. The outing was short in terms of other individual highlights, but the final score of 52-6 shows just how overwhelming the defensive effort was on Sunday.

On Monday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell gave Smith’s first run with the team a positive review.

“I thought he did some things for us, I thought he did some good things for us,” Campbell said, via the team’s website. “It was good to have him there. I thought, like we talked about last week, just be a piece of this puzzle and he’s a playmaking guy, he’s instinctive, he doesn’t get stuck for long, he’s really good with his hands. Like I said, he can get the edge in the running game and he’s really good at making gains with (Alim McNeill) and (DJ Reader) and those guys. He has a talent for this sort of thing. So I think my first time out with him I thought it was good. I think he fits in perfectly with us.

The Lions didn’t need Smith to be a hero in Week 11, but there may be times when more is needed from him and his early performance suggests he’ll be able to answer this call when the time comes.