So excited for Jason Jones agreeing to a 1 year deal with the @Seahawks. Should be a fun year for Jason in a @PeteCarroll defense!

— Mike McCartney (@MikeMcCartney7) March 17, 2012

Jones, 25, stands 6 feet 5, and he played defensive end last season, which makes it tough to peg where specifically he will play in Seattle's defense. But his primary position is defensive tackle so expect him to be part of the team's plan at the position referred to as the three-technique. Alan Branch started at that spot this past season.

Seattle wanted to get deeper along the defensive line this offseason. Specifically, the Seahawks wanted someone to replace the production that Raheem Brock had provided in 2010 when he had nine sacks.

Jones was a second-round pick in 2008, chosen No. 54 overall by the Titans out of Eastern Michigan. Jones visited St. Louis before coming to Seattle, dining out with coaches and executives on Thursday night.

Jones started 13 of the 14 games he played last season and had three sacks. He started 31 games for the Titans over his four-year career there, but never had more than the five sacks he totaled his rookie season.

Jones is the first unrestricted free agent the Seahawks signed from another team. Seattle spent the first four days of the signing period retaining its own players, reaching agreements with defensive end Red Bryant, linebacker Heath Farwell, offensive lineman Paul McQuistan and fullback Michael Robinson to return.

Update: The one-year deal is for $4.5 million, according to Aaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times, @RavensInsider. That sticks with Seattle's approach of finding defensive linemen that were highly regarded draft picks, giving them a significant pay raise and keeping them on a short-term deal. That's what Seattle did with Alan Branch last year, signing him two a two-year deal from Arizona. It worked well in that case.

COMING					GOING
FORMER TEAM		POS	PLAYER		FUTURE TEAM		POS	PLAYER
	Titans	DL	Jason Jones			Vikings	TE	John Carlson
						Eagles	OL	Mike Gibson
						Chargers	QB	Charlie Whitehurst
						Chargers	S	Atari Bigby
RETURNING					SEATTLE'S FREE AGENTS
FORMER TEAM		POS	PLAYER				POS	PLAYER
	Returning	RB	Marshawn Lynch		LB D.Hawthorne		LB	Leroy Hill
	Returning	DE	Red Bryant		FB M. Robinson		RB	Justin Forsett
	Returning	OT	Breno Giacomini		DE Raheem Brock		QB	Charlie Whitehurst
	Returning	OL	Paul McQuistan		DL A.Hargrove		S	Atari Bigby
	Returning	LB	Heath Farwell		LB David Vobora		LB	Matt McCoy
	Returning	FB	Michael Robinson		DE J.Wilkerson		CB	Roy Lewis