Sources told ESPN’s Brady Henderson on Wednesday that the Seattle Seahawks are trading linebacker Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for linebacker Ernest Jones IV. Baker, 27, has 37 tackles and a sack in his first season with Seattle, which leads the NFC West with a 4-3 record. Jones, 24, has 44 tackles this season who at 1-5 are in last place in the AFC South.
The deal marks the second time Jones has been traded this year — the Titans acquired Jones from the Rams in August in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick to Los Angeles and a 2026 sixth-round selection. ESPN’s Adam Schefter notes that this is the second trade by the Titans, who also are finalizing a trade of wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Jones has 364 tackles in four seasons, and took on a leadership role with the Titans, playing 91.2% of Tennessee’s defensive snaps. Baker, who spent his first six seasons with the Miami Dolphins, has 624 tackles and 23.5 sacks in his career and will replace Jones in the starting lineup. Additionally, both Jones and Baker are scheduled to become free agents after this season.
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