Raiders trade Sio Moore to Colts for draft pick

Sio Moore's time with the Raiders is over.

Oakland traded the outcast linebacker to the Indianapolis Colts on Friday, acquiring a late-round 2016 draft pick for the talented player who had found himself in coach Jack Del Rio's doghouse. The Colts announced the deal and the NFL Network reported the Raiders will receive a sixth-round pick.

'This has been more than a home to me,' Moore tweeted Friday. 'So much (of) my heart is in the bay.'

Moore played very little in the two exhibition games in which he was active. It was all special teams duty until he saw 10 snaps of defense in the fourth quarter of Thursday's exhibition finale in Seattle.

Afterward, Del Rio said, 'Guys pretty much get what they earn,' when asked about Moore's playing time.

The Raiders used a third-round pick on Moore in 2013, taking him No. 66 overall. He started 22 games for Oakland over two seasons.

Moore had 4.5 sacks as a rookie and was named to the Pro Football Writer's of America All-Rookie team. He was third on the team last year with 90 tackles.

He missed the final three games last season with a hip injury that required major surgery and kept him out of most of the offseason program. He began training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but was activated on day two of camp.

Shortly thereafter, Moore was back out of practice and didn't return until after the second preseason game. Upon his return to practice, Del Rio declared that Moore was 'competing to be a role player.'

Moore spoke a day later and offered little in response.

'I don't think I need to validate that with ya'll,' Moore said last week of Del Rio's comments. 'If that's what he said, that's what he said. I do what I've got to do.'

Moore never worked with the starters even in the training camp practices that were open to the media and it was becoming increasingly clear Del Rio and the Raiders didn't view him as an integral part of the team. Wednesday's signing of linebacker Lorenzo Alexander also was a signal his time could be short.