The Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans have agreed to a linebacker swap ahead of Week 8 of the 2024 NFL regular season. Seattle is sending linebacker Jerome Baker and a fourth-round pick to Tennessee in exchange for linebacker Ernest Jones IV, according to NFL Media.
A four-year veteran, Jones has 44 tackles through six games. He is coming off a 2023 season that saw him set career-highs with 145 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss and six pass breakups. Jones is heading to a Seahawks team that at 4-3 is currently in first place in the NFC West division standings.
Baker, who was in the middle of his first season with Seattle, spent his first six seasons in Miami. A fellow former third-round pick, Baker is a seven-year veteran who has tallied 23.5 career sacks, 617 tackles, five interceptions and 23 pass breakups in 99 regular season games. This season, Baker has recorded 30 tackles and one sack.
Baker will head to a Titans team that has gone on the offensive with the Nov. 5 trade deadline looming. Earlier in the day, the Titans dealt former All-Pro wideout DeAndre Hopkins to the defending two-time defensive Kansas City Chiefs. At 1-5, the Titans were one of several teams expected to be active prior to the league's trade deadline.
