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AFC East players in danger of receiving ‘bust’ label

By Sayre Bedinger

FOXBORO, MA - DECEMBER 24: Zay Jones #11 of the Buffalo Bills warms up before the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
FOXBORO, MA - DECEMBER 24: Zay Jones #11 of the Buffalo Bills warms up before the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images) /
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Which players from the AFC East are in danger of receiving the ‘bust’ label? We take a look at some players from each team who need to step up…

FOXBORO, MA – DECEMBER 24: Zay Jones #11 of the Buffalo Bills warms up before the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
FOXBORO, MA – DECEMBER 24: Zay Jones #11 of the Buffalo Bills warms up before the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 24, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images) /

The AFC East is obviously a very tough division with some incredibly talented players, but that talent doesn’t always translate to on-field success.

Unfortunately, not all draft picks reach their full potential, and often for a variety of reasons.

There are a number of players in the AFC East in danger of the ‘bust’ label, and to be in danger, a player has to have been a high draft pick or was at one point receiving a ton of hype.

Here are the players in the AFC West who need to step up their game — on and/or off the field — in 2018…

Zay Jones, WR, Buffalo Bills

After a bizarre arrest in March with details so graphic, they are NSFW, Zay Jones is a rare second-year player in danger of receiving the ‘bust’ label.

After reading some of Sean McDermott’s comments about the former second-round pick and ECU Pirate, it’s clear that Jones is going to have to do a lot of work to get himself out of the proverbial doghouse.

As a rookie, Jones caught less than 37 percent of the passes thrown his direction, and finished his rookie season with a really disappointing total of 27 catches in 15 games with 10 starts.

With his off-field incident this offseason and really disappointing production in year one, Jones is in danger of the ‘bust’ label, sooner than most.

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