Orchard Park, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills traded Cardale Jones on Wednesday night, giving the quarterback a fresh start with the Los Angeles Chargers and ending his frustrating offseason in Buffalo.

On Thursday morning, Adam Schefter of ESPN joined Mike and Mike to discuss the trade and said Jones was overjoyed to be moved.

"When the Bills brought Cardale Jones in to tell him he was traded to the Chargers, he began crying," Schefter said. "He began crying tears of joy"

This shouldn't be viewed as Jones slighting the Bills. In fact, he tweeted out a message of gratitude toward Bills fans after he was traded.

Big thanks to @buffalobills and #BillsMafia for showing me nothing but love & support my during my brief time with the organization — Cardale Jones (@Cardale7_) July 26, 2017

The fact of the matter is Jones was stuck. The previous regime drafted him and didn't give him much playing time. With Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane in charge, they have more ties to this year's draft pick, fifth-rounder Nathan Peterman. Jones got very few reps during the spring and turned one of his only reps into an ugly interception. He was pressing with a shrinking opportunity while learning a second offense in his second season.

Now in Los Angeles, Jones gets to work with Anthony Lynn, who was the offensive coordinator in Buffalo last season. Jones will pick up his development where it left off and have a clear path to being the Chargers' No. 2 quarterback behind Philip Rivers.

"Cardale is a good, young talent, and he's going to add competition behind Philip Rivers," Lynn told the Chargers' website. "He's the type of quarterback you want waiting on the runway. He's going to have the opportunity to come on the field and compete. Cardale is someone we think can be developed."

That's more than this Bills regime thought of him. This is a much more graceful way for Jones to exit and it gives him a chance to prove his worth instead of wasting away at the bottom of the Bills' depth chart.