Jaguars acquire safety Jessie Bates from Falcons

sportsNov 9, 202621470

The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired safety Jessie Bates III from the Atlanta Falcons in a trade that sends a 2027 second-round pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick to Atlanta. Bates, a ninth-year veteran, departs Atlanta following the Falcons' Week 9 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals and joins Jacksonville ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline. Through nine games this season Bates has 59 total tackles and one interception, including a 14-tackle performance in Week 9, a nine-tackle, one-interception outing in Week 7, and six tackles in Week 8. The move is intended to immediately bolster the Jaguars' secondary and give them a veteran presence to anchor the defensive backfield down the stretch.

Ian Rapoport

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The Falcons are trading All-Pro and Pro Bowl S Jessie Bates III to the Jaguars per Adam Schefter. Atlanta pays most of Bates’ $6.5M salary to complete the deal. Some secondary help from one of the NFL’s best ball hawks.

1054d ago

Adam5

“You can do that?”-Brandon Beane

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charles (west coaster) mcdonald48

helluva run for JB in ATL 🫡

SEAMILF??11

thank you for your service tho Mr Bates

Matt Lombardo

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The Falcons are trading stalwart safety Jessie Bates to the Jaguars, in exchange for a 2027 second-round pick and 2028 fifth-round pick. An already dominant Jaguars defense just got exponentially better. Jessie Bates is a baller.

694d ago

Phantom Thief3

I like that the Jags are going all in. They have been maligned and overlooked for so long and Trevor has been improving greatly under Coen. One of the few complete teams.

Mark L1

Falcons are a game out of first place in that rancid division, make it make sense. Bates was a tackling machine yesterday and the other 10 couldnt lay a finger on the Bengals players

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Anthony (game script enthusiast)50

Great move for the Jaguars Also:

Aaron Schatz35

Jaguars had already moved up to third in defensive DVOA before making this trade.

Scott Spratt9

The NFC South will reach its final stage when all four teams either fire coaches or make rebuilding trades before the deadline in the same season

Austin Riley’s (d)Rakes™️5

Go win a god damned super bowl @sir-cade.bsky.social

Timothy3

Jags going for it. I dig it.

John Reecer2

Aggressive GMs are the best Jaguars see the opening ahead of them and are going nearly all in on trying to win the AFC. Love this. They badly needed a safety due to injuries. Now since they've done this — hammer down and go get a DT

Laprofmme2

Gah! Where you at, Brandon Beane?!

The Falcoholic

@thefalcoholic.bsky.social

From a team-building perspective, getting a 2nd round pick for a guy on an expiring contract just makes sense, and shows this regime can look realistically at the state of the team unlike the last couple From a fan perspective, man, not having Jessie Bates is a bummer

524d ago

The Falcoholic9

Also the inevitable "who takes his place?" question will be answered this week, but my money would be on Sydney Brown

La Girafe1

Looking realistic while keeping Pearce. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

shanny8.bsky.social1

Okay...I glazed over it too fast; a 2nd round pick is adequate, but I'm still mad this had to happen...it's like we wasted his whole tenure here Stuff like this is [one of] the reasons why I haven't purchased a new jersey yet- players be out the door before I can settle on a jersey

Jourdan Rodrigue

@jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social

Jessie Bates on this Jaguars defense is a little bit of a “rule of cool” move. don’t ask me to explain this; I just feel it lol.

484d ago

NFL NEWS

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Trade summary: Jaguars get - Jessie Bates Falcons get - 2027 2nd-round pick, 2028 5th-round pick

384d ago

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NFLGimpy-Justin2

I wish the Eagles were in the position to make this move

Travis D Holmes

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The Jaguars secure one of the best ball hawking safeties in the NFL. The Falcons will also reportedly eat a portion of the contract in this trade. Bates is in the final year of his contract Is that a big enough fish for you, Duval? 👀

294d ago

Demetrius Harvey

@demetrius.bsky.social

Source confirmed to the Times-Union that Jaguars traded for Pro Bowl safety Jessie Bates. Bates spent the last four seasons in Atlanta, starting 60 games. He's totaled 392 tackles, 11 pass breakups, 14 interceptions, six tackles for loss and 11 forced fumbles in that span.

204d ago

Dan Pizzuta

@danpizzuta.bsky.social

How the Jaguars use Jessie Bates could be really fun. Remains the best post safety, but not limited to that. Falcons are third in the use of single-high coverages, while the Jaguars are 23rd. There's a lot of movement in JAX defense and Bates has moved around more in ATL than he did with CIN

194d ago

JP Acosta

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With Davis, who is a built in run defense, he’s a 1 to 1 replacement for Davon Hamilton to help the Jaguars get to those obv passing looks they want to. Godchaux does that too, in a smaller dosage. With Bates, you got a player who can make plays on the back end

193d ago

Seth Walder

@sethwalder.bsky.social

At the center of the Jessie Bates trade: comp picks. With >$110M in 2027 cap space, the Falcons were basically boxed in to dealing Bates because they likely wouldn't get a comp pick for him. But cap-strapped Jaguars likely will. Grades! www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

144d ago

Adam Schefter ... Mirror

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Jacksonville Jaguars’ trades today: 🏈Traded a 2nd and 5th to the Falcons for S Jessie Bates. 🏈Traded a 1st and 2nd to the Eagles for DT Jordan Davis. 🏈Traded a 6th to the Saints for DT Davon Godchaux. Original post

73d ago

Libby on the Label

@drainbead.bsky.social

Hey Falcons, it looks like Jessie Bates is terrible and your season is over. You should probably send him to the Bills for peanuts.

105d ago

ProFootballTalk

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Report: Saints agree to trade DT Davon Godchaux to Jaguars.

53d ago

Anthony (game script enthusiast)

@proant.bsky.social

Jessie Bates (3) down in the box and flipping the RB in the B gap

54d ago

Doug Farrar

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New on @athlonsports.bsky.social: After a 2025 one-and-done in the playoffs, the @Jaguars are not satisfied with their hot start in 2026. That's why they traded for Jessie Bates III -- because their Super Bowl hopes are justified. athlonsports.com/nfl/jaguars-...

74d ago

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