I don’t quite know where the Seahawks are going to play Jones. They have two starting caliber defensive tackles and while Jones can be a good nickel rusher inside, 4.5 million (up to 5 million in incentives) over a year seems a little rich for that type of player, especially one coming off a down year playing out of position (61^st ranked defensive end out of 67 on ProFootballFocus). Jones has also never had success outside of the wide nine scheme.

In 2010, Jones had 4 sacks and 34 pressures as a part time defensive tackle, ranking 6^th on ProFootballFocus so that’s his upside, but he probably won’t see the 678 snaps he saw in 2010 in 2012 and he won’t be in a wide nine scheme. For a team like St. Louis, who needed a starting defensive tackle and had a wide nine scheme, he was worth up to 5 million. I don’t think he was for Seattle.

Grade: B