{"id":74323,"date":"2019-10-07T21:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=74323"},"modified":"2019-10-07T21:11:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T01:11:23","slug":"buffalo-bills-trade-zay-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/10\/07\/buffalo-bills-trade-zay-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills Trade Zay Jones to Oakland Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneZa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zay Jones<\/a><\/strong> is no longer a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team traded him to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Raiders<\/a> on Monday night, according to <strong>Chris Mortensen<\/strong> of ESPN. In return, Buffalo is receiving a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bills?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Bills<\/a> have traded WR Zay Jones to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raiders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Raiders<\/a> for 2021 fifth round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BillsMafia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mortreport\/status\/1181367507745218560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Zay Jones Traded to Oakland Raiders<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The writing was on the wall that Jones&#8217; potential departure from the Bills was imminent. He appeared in just a single snap and didn&#8217;t register a single target in Buffalo&#8217;s 14-7 win over the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> on Sunday. There was even a photo of him sitting alone on the bench as the rest of the offense was huddled up discussing strategy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zay Jones is sitting by himself on the end of the o-line bench while the rest of the offense strategizes on the bench to the left. He\u2019s appeared on just one snap in this game. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BUFvsTEN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BUFvsTEN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHPGnREBQT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JHPGnREBQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Parrino (@MattParrino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattParrino\/status\/1180918192115453954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The move marks the end of a rather underwhelming tenure for Jones with the Bills. In the first five games of this season, he caught just seven passes for 69 yards and didn&#8217;t tally a single touchdown reception. His catch rate of 38.9 percent was the worst among Bills players who&#8217;ve caught at least five catches in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>2018 was his most productive from a stats standpoint. In 15 starts, he managed 652 receiving yards and seven touchdown grabs, both of which led the team. But this year, he took a back seat in terms of players <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=AlleJo02,AlleJo03,AlleJo00&amp;search=Josh+Allen&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Allen<\/a><\/strong> looked to in the passing game including prominent free agency acquisitions <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BeasCo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Beasley<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=BrowJo02,BrowJo22,BrowJo21&amp;search=John+Brown&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Brown<\/a><\/strong>. The emergence of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=WillDu01,WillDu00&amp;search=Duke+Williams&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duke Williams<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/10\/06\/duke-williams-late-week-roster-addition-late-game-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who caught the game-winning touchdown pass<\/a> against the Titans just a day after Buffalo added him to the active roster, might have been the last straw regarding Jones&#8217; future with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo selected Jones in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft. It came after he enjoyed a hugely successful college career at East Carolina. He totaled 4,273 yards, 23 touchdown catches, and 399 receptions during his four-year career with the Pirates. His career reception total remains an FBS record.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Bills and Raiders are on bye in Week 6. The following week, Buffalo returns home to face the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> while the Raiders head to Lambeau Field to take on the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/packers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"JXhQuJOOSspsY8lN_WEQWA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1175955339\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'JXhQuJOOSspsY8lN_WEQWA',sig:'l7yP3p1AE4lGHrGGU9b1Cu9gB2dAtFqP5wPt-EHRmi4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1175955339',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Bills decided to move on from 2017 second-round pick Zay Jones, trading him to the Oakland Raiders for a 2021 NFL Draft pick. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":74327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,36],"tags":[177,61,40,157,1955],"class_list":["post-74323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bills","category-nfl-news","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-oakland-raiders","tag-zay-jones"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}