Ernest Jones Traded to Titans (Titans Now Trading Him to Seattle)

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shovelpass said:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...ssee-titans-los-angeles-rams-nfl/74924213007/

"I’m just going to be completely honest: I was shocked. We got off the flight from Houston and then I got told that I would be traded," Jones said Wednesday. "No bad blood. There wasn’t even any contract talks. We never even talked numbers. It was just, ‘All right, y’all aren’t extending me, I’ll play this year out.’ I was under the impression I was going to finish this year in L.A. and then I’d move on. But you know, it happened earlier."
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Cool. Didn't remember seeing that. Now I do.
 
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A couple comments from Titans fans re. EJ:

"Dude is a beast, he was everywhere"

"Extend this man, NOW"

"What a steal"
 
Tano said:
Sigh - what were the Rams thinking?
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Yeah, that's what's so hard to figure out.

Knee concerns-- if it was so bad, then why is EJ playing like a "beast" as the top-rated Titan defender?

Contract-- A reasonable salary at the end of his rookie deal. And EJ said he was fully prepared to play out his contract and then become a FA next year.

Personal issues-- EJ said he was "shocked" by the trade and there was "no bad blood." And McVay has repeatedly said EJ was a great leader and handled things well and was a "pure professional."

Reeder and Rozeboom passed him on depth chart?-- kinda hard to believe this one, given the mediocre ILB play for the Rams and the glowing reports on EJ from the Titans.

Trade value-- Rams got next to nothing in return... not even a straight-up 5th round pick, just a SWAP of a 6th for a 5th. And the salary cap savings sure doesn't seem to justify the trade either.

So yeah, basically nothing makes sense. McVay says it was "good for the team in both the short-term and long-term."

Love McSnead, but this trade is unjustifiable from publicly available information. Gotta be a secret reason, but I'll be damned if I can figure it out.
 
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I don't think we'll ever know, but this was a horrible move by us. Let's see what Speights can do, but I am not going to hold my breath. Sometimes, we just get it wrong. Like really wrong.
 
El Chapo Jr said:
Nope, instead we are rolling woth our sorry ass LB corps and seeing we get what we paid for. Bargin bin BS. Hopefully Speights can be really good but that is a really really big ask.
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Honestly I would have liked to see Speights alongside EJ. If EJ stays healthy all year McSnead will be kicking themselves in the ass for this trade.
 
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Varg6 said:
I don't think we'll ever know, but this was a horrible move by us. Let's see what Speights can do, but I am not going to hold my breath. Sometimes, we just get it wrong. Like really wrong.
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Seems to me the biggest issue is our interior DL is getting blown off the ball on running plays. So not sure LB is the biggest issue.
 
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XXXIVwin said:
A couple comments from Titans fans re. EJ:

"Dude is a beast, he was everywhere"

"Extend this man, NOW"

"What a steal"
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Good for him.

First he gets to play behind Aaron Donald and now he's got Jeffrey Simmons and Te'Vondre Sweat in front of him.

Wonder how he would look with the current Rams lineup? No contract year performance from Bobby Brown III so far. :not:
 
XXXIVwin said:
Yeah, that's what's so hard to figure out.

Knee concerns-- if it was so bad, then why is EJ playing like a "beast" as the top-rated Titan defender?

Contract-- A reasonable salary at the end of his rookie deal. And EJ said he was fully prepared to play out his contract and then become a FA next year.

Personal issues-- EJ said he was "shocked" by the trade and there was "no bad blood." And McVay has repeatedly said EJ was a great leader and handled things well and was a "pure professional."

Reeder and Rozeboom passed him on depth chart?-- kinda hard to believe this one, given the mediocre ILB play for the Rams and the glowing reports on EJ from the Titans.

Trade value-- Rams got next to nothing in return... not even a straight-up 5th round pick, just a SWAP of a 6th for a 5th. And the salary cap savings sure doesn't seem to justify the trade either.

So yeah, basically nothing makes sense. McVay says it was "good for the team in both the short-term and long-term."

Love McSnead, but this trade is unjustifiable from publicly available information. Gotta be a secret reason, but I'll be damned if I can figure it out.
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Looking at the Rams current salary cap situation, I wonder if cap implications didn't also play a role.
 
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PhillyRam said:
Seems to me the biggest issue is our interior DL is getting blown off the ball on running plays. So not sure LB is the biggest issue.
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Sure, but wouldn't it help to have a LB who can actually tackle?
 
Jones is a lot better than what the Rams appear to have at off-ball-LB; and they got nothing for him.

Many of us have speculated (like @CGI_Ram above) that there has to be some back-story / Reason for the Rams to dump him ... and that is what they did. Would really like to know what that reasoning was because a position of average strength has (at the moment) become a weak position; and it happened right before the start of the Season.
 
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Yeah, I wonder if this isn't an ego thing. No idea, but it just seems very odd... And the way McVay handled the question at his presser.... Weird.
 
Right or wrong. Like it or not. Via press inquiries, fan comparisons or self evaluation, McVay will have to replay this decision throughout the season.
 
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