Detroit Lions Explore Trade for Colts Cornerback Jaylon Jones After Releasing Terrion Arnold

The Detroit Lions are exploring a trade for Indianapolis Colts cornerback Jaylon Jones after releasing former first-round pick Terrion Arnold due to legal troubles. Yardbarker.com reported the proposed deal would send a late 2027 draft pick to the Colts. Rock Ya-Sin is now the Lions' starting cornerback option.

Bleacher Report analyst Moe Moton noted that Jones has fallen on the Colts' depth chart after the additions of Sauce Gardner and Charvarius Ward. In the 2024 season Jones started all 17 games and recorded 100 tackles, three tackles for loss, 12 pass breakups and two interceptions while allowing one touchdown in coverage and an 86 passer rating.

Through three NFL seasons the 2023 seventh-round pick has appeared in 44 games with 29 starts, allowing a 61.8 percent completion rate on targets and a 92.7 passer rating.

Terrion Arnold allowed a 96.3 passer rating over two seasons with the Lions and a 62. Yardbarker.com reported that Jones could provide a low-cost upgrade if acquired for only a late 2027 selection. Lions linebacker Jack Campbell was ranked fifth among off-ball linebackers in an ESPN survey of executives, coaches and scouts released July 14, 2026.

Campbell recorded 176 tackles in the 2025 season, the most by a Lions player since Chris Spielman in 1994, and posted a 40 percent run-stop win rate. " Campbell signed a four-year, $81 million contract in May 2026.