The Atlanta Falcons announced they have officially processed the trade to send LB Deion Jones to the Cleveland Browns.
OFFICIAL: Falcons trade Deion Jones to Cleveland Browns.
Full trade details ⬇️https://t.co/fAiXBMnPb1
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) October 10, 2022
Atlanta will send a 2024 seventh-round pick along with Jones and get back a 2024 sixth-round pick from the Browns.
Jones is currently on injured reserve with a shoulder injury but there’s a good chance he’ll be on the field soon for the Browns, as it’s been clear for a long time that he wasn’t in the Falcons’ plans this season.
Jones, 27, is a former second-round pick of the Falcons back in 2016. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $4.546 million contract and set to make a base salary of $1.07 million for the 2019 season when he agreed to a four-year, $57 million extension that includes $34 million guaranteed.
Jones was set to make base salaries of $9.64 million and $12 million in the final two years of the deal when he agreed to a restructured deal this offseason.
In 2021, Jones appeared in 16 games for the Falcons and recorded 137 tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble and six pass deflections.
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