Quotes and notes from Chris Jones presser on Durant trade

Neither the Riders or the CFL bothered to stream this morning press conference with vice president of football operations Chris Jones but here are some quotes via Twitter.

Jones: "Unfortunately, upon numerous efforts, we could not get anything done." pic.twitter.com/wztVKqew7g

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones: "One of the things that was kind of our downfall last year was that Darian got hurt three times."

— Rob Vanstone (@robvanstone) January 13, 2017

Jones on acquisition of draft picks: "In order to avoid (losing Durant to free agency), we wanted to try to get something out of him."

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones: "We're going to leave no stone unturned and we're going to continue to look until we do find a quarterback."

— Rob Vanstone (@robvanstone) January 13, 2017

Jones: "We won 5 ball games with Darian last year; that's reality." #CFL

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

"Yes sir." Jones said on if he wanted DD back.

— Arielle Zerr (@arielle_zerr) January 13, 2017

Jones on #Riders future at QB: "We've got three very qualified guys that played behind Darian last season."

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones said they were closest to the deal in October/November. Things changed when his agent got involved, he said.

— Arielle Zerr (@arielle_zerr) January 13, 2017

Jones: "Where we were as an organization (this past season): We were searching for the next guy…you can't play forever."

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones on trading for a QB moving forward: "Right now, it's a little early."

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones on Durant: "It's not a Darian Durant hate-day, it's a day to honour him." #CFL

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017

Jones: "At the end of the day, numbers don't lie." #CFL

— Sask. Roughriders (@sskroughriders) January 13, 2017