Zay Jones‘ time with the Jaguars has come to an end. The veteran wideout was released by Jacksonville on Tuesday, per a team announcement. 
Jones joined Jacksonville on a three-year, $24MM pact in 2022. During the first year of that accord, the 29-year-old posted career highs in receptions (82) and yards (823), scoring five touchdowns. The 2023 campaign did not go according to plan, however. Jones missed considerable time due to injury, and in December he was arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.
While the former Bill and Raider returned in time for the regular season finale, his final statline (34-321-2) reflected his time on the sidelines as well as his reduced role in Jacksonville’s offense. The team did lose Calvin Ridley in free agency, but Gabe Davis and Devin Duvernay were among the receivers added to help replace him. Jacksonville also used a Day 1 selection on LSU product Brian Thomas Jr. during the 2024 draft.
With those new faces in place, the Jags will move on and Jones will now join the list of veterans in search of a post-draft agreement. The former second-rounder was due a non-guaranteed base salary of $7MM this year, and he was set to carry a cap hit of $10.75MM. This move will generate a larger dead money charge ($6.56MM) than cap savings ($4.18MM) if processed immediately. Designating Jones a post-June 1 cut, though, would free up more than $7.7MM in space against a dead cap charge of only $3MM.
Jacksonville also announced the release of veteran kicker Joey Slye. The 28-year-old spent the past two full seasons in Washington, going a combined 44-for-54 (81.4%) on field goal attempts during that stretch. He signed with the Jaguars early in free agency after Jacksonville lost Brandon McManus to the Commanders. Before even taking part in a training camp competition, however, Slye is once again on the open market. The Jags were among the teams which selected a kicker in last weekend’s draft, adding Cam Little in the sixth round. The latter is now joined by Riley Patterson as the only two kicking options on the team’s roster.
he is a bear
Nah dude, there’s teams with way more target share available, he would be crazy to go to the Bears
Good thing Zay Jones is crazy
Chargers
plz bear
What? Why?
– We already have basically 3 WR1s
– We don’t have much cap space left
– We need help at D Line and Edge
– He’s injury prone
– He’s a wife beater
– He’s crazy
– He’s not that good
you could never have enough depth, DJ moore had to do it all last yr
Causality from the Thomas jr pick. Off the top of my head, Cowboys Ravens Cardinals Giants Dolphins make all the sense in the world. Also the Vikings, another weapon for McCarthy
Makes sense for Ravens football wise, but that domestic violence thing is a big deal in that organization so I don’t see it.
What does violence have to do with zay?
You think the Ravens of all teams care about that? They just celebrated Ray last year. They’re a classless organization.
Like to see him in the Patriots camp
Seeing as the Chargers let Mike Williams walk and traded away Keenan Allen along with Guyton…bringing him in for a look wouldn’t be a bad thing because Justin Herbert is going to need someone to throw to.
The Domestic Battery/ Domestic Violence is a very bad thing for sure but the good news from that is he would never be able to legally purchase any firearm for the rest of his life even if it remained a misdemeanor offense.
Bryant McFadden is quoted as saying the Steelers are very close to adding a playmaker. Not that I put a lot of stock in what he says on his podcast, but I’d think he’s referring to a wide receiver
I hope he didn’t mean this guy
Doubt Charger ownership would approve a DV acquisition. They’ve dumped other players for ‘legal misery’.
Rams should sign Slye!!