Landry Jones

This was the inevitable result after all of America's major amateur and professional sports leagues announced similar moves in the past 24 hours. It's a brutal blow for the resurgent XFL, which has much less monetary margin for error than the more-established major sports leagues. This will quite possibly spell the death of the league, which is a major shame considering the weekend enjoyment it has provided this spring.

Jones becomes the first player to officially join the XFL, which will kick off it's inaugural season in February 2020. Jones was a free agent and was likely looking at no more than a backup role at best in the NFL this season.

Jones was cut to make room for tight end Erik Swoope, who was signed by the team Tuesday. The 2013 fourth-round pick had a lengthy run as the backup quarterback in Pittsburgh, making five starts in five years before he was unseated by Joshua Dobbs and Mason Rudolph during the 2018 preseason. Derek Carr, Mike Glennon and Nathan Peterman remain on the quarterback depth chart for the Raiders.

This was expected after the Steelers announced that Ben Roethlisberger would not play in Week 17.