The Tennessee Titans continued their offseason roster overhaul, adding a tackling maven on cutdown day.
The Titans are finalizing a trade with the Los Angeles Rams for linebacker Ernest Jones, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøNetwork Insider Tom Pelissero reported.
Tennessee receives Jones and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick in exchange for a 2026 fifth-rounder, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøNetwork Ian Rapoport added.
The Rams have had trade conversations in recent days regarding Jones after contract talks stalled entering the final year of his rookie deal, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøNetwork's Cameron Wolfe reported on Sunday.
Two days later, they found a partner.
A third-round pick in 2021, Jones has grown into a tackling connoisseur, generating 114 takedowns in 2022 and 145 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 2023. The linebacker also played a key role in the Rams' Super Bowl LVI victory, gobbling up seven tackles, three QB hits, a sack, two tackles for loss and a pass defended against Cincinnati in the big game.
The contract difference coupled with the emergence of rookie Omar Speights, who general manager Les Snead , likely led to the Rams' willingness to part ways with a defensive leader.
In Tennessee, linebacker was a position of glaring need entering the season. GM Ran Carthon did well to answer the LB question by importing a player with 33 starts who can sniff out ball carriers and knife into the backfield. Doing so for a late-round pick swap two drafts down the line is thievery.
