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The Cardinals are going to have to start the season without one of their newest members on offense.Arizona wide receiver Zay Jones has been suspended for the first five games of the 2024 NFL regular season, the league announced on Friday. Sam Waardenburg Jersey The eighth-year WR signed a deal with the Cardinals this offseason after spending the 2022 and 2023 seasons with the Jaguars. He was expected to be one of the team's depth options for QB Kyler Murray, behind 2024 No. 4 overall pick Marvin Harrison Jr. and Greg Dortch.Jones played nine games for Jacksonville last season, bringing in 34 catches for 321 yards and two touchdowns.Here is more on Jones' suspension.NEW NFL RULE EXPLAINERS: | Michael Irvin Jersey  | Why was Zay Jones suspended?Jones was suspended for "violating the leagues personal conduct policy."NFL announced that Cardinals WR Zay Jones also has been suspended five games for violating the leagues personal conduct policy. Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) In addition to Jones, has been banned for two games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.Zay Jones arrestJones was arrested in November 2023 on a misdemeanor  Sean Taylor Jersey battery charge in Jacksonville.According to the , an alleged incident occurred where he got into an argument with the mother of his child. The woman alleged in the report that the wide receiver "was upset" and an argument ensued after she requested that she take her child back to Orlando.The report indicated the officer at the scene saw small scratches on the woman's neck that were "consistent with Ray Lewis Jersey  marks from a fingernail."The . A sistant state attorney Maria Theresa Ryan wrote in a disposition notice that "after reviewing the evidence in the above-styled case, the undersigned A sistant State Attorney declines to prosecute this defendant for these charges."While the charges were dropped, the NFL ran its own investigation Anthony Mack Jersey  and decided to suspend Jones for five games, .Zay Jones contractJones signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Cardinals this offseason.It makes him an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2024 season.