Ravens Acquire Edge Rusher from Titans
On November 3rd, 2025, Adam Schefter announced via X that the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a trade with the Tennessee Titans. Baltimore would receive OLB Dre’Mont Jones in exchange for a conditional fifth-round selection that has the chance to improve to a fourth-round pick. Following the trade that sent Odafe Oweh to the Chargers, the Ravens were in desperate need of an edge rusher, as they have had the worst pressure rate in franchise history. The move is not a blockbuster, but it may be the spark to help the Ravens propel themselves into the playoffs.
After recording just under 10 sacks in his senior year at Ohio State, the Denver Broncos selected Jones in the third round, pairing him with Von Miller, Derek Wolfe, and Bradley Chubb. In his rookie season, Jones played in 14 games, starting one, recording his only interception, and four sacks with six QB hits. In 2020, Jones began the season on injured reserve, but recorded his first sack of the season on Patrick Mahomes, finishing with a career-high six and a half sacks. After recording 22 sacks in four years with the Broncos, Jones signed a three-year deal with the Seahawks, but was released after just two seasons. The Titans signed Jones just 10 days later to a one-year $10-million-dollar deal, recording just under five sacks and nine QB hits in nine games.
It is believed that the Ravens are unable to make a huge splashy move before the November 4th trade deadline due to financial restraints, but the Ravens are good at making names out of relatively unknown individuals. Including the Odafe Oweh trade, the Ravens have sent Oweh, Jaire Alexander, two seventh-round picks, and a conditional fifth for Alohi Gilman, Dre’Mont Jones, a sixth, and a fifth-round pick. These trades are not the groundbreaking news that makes the media ponder where the newly acquired player will take them, but rather a deeper look into what these lesser-known names can do for a franchise that requires depth, while also delivering production at a low price. Oweh may be succeeding in LA, but on a contract year, Oweh was not producing for the Ravens. On the other hand, Gilman has already made an impact for Baltimore by forcing a fumble in his third game with the team. Jaire Alexander, who was on a one-year deal, has only played in two games so far in 2025, producing next to nothing, justifying a cheap day-three pick swap. Lastly, with the worst QB pressure rate in franchise history, the Ravens bought low into Jones, who is halfway to his first career 10-sack season. Whether Dre’Mont Jones can get the final five sacks and help improve the abysmal pass rush is completely up to the former Titan and how he approaches the next few weeks of his seventh year in the NFL.
