Former Los Angeles Rams linebacker Ernest Jones is heading back to the NFC West after only six games with the Tennessee Titans in the AFC South.
According to Brady Henderson of ESPN, the Titans are trading Jones to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for linebacker Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick. And yes, that’s more than the Rams got for Jones less than two months ago when they shocking shipped him off to Tennessee just before the season started.
The Seahawks are trading LB Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to Tennessee for LB Ernest Jones IV, a source tells me.
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) October 23, 2024
Somehow, the Titans managed to get more in return for Jones than the Rams did. In the Rams’ deal, they sent Jones and a sixth-round pick to the Titans for a fifth-rounder. It’s obviously a poor reflection on the Rams, who everyone believed should’ve gotten more for Jones but they were apparently desperate to jettison him off the roster.
Jones played six games with the Titans, recording 44 tackles, three tackles for a loss, two pass breakups and one QB hit. He’ll now have a chance to face the Rams this season, and not just one time, but twice.
The Rams face the Seahawks next week in Seattle and then again in Week 8 at home – which will be Jones’ first game back in Los Angeles, assuming he isn’t traded a third time.
