jyles was again traded in the offseason, this time to the edmonton eskimos on december 12, 2011, along with grant shaw and a 2012 first round draft pick, for ricky ray. on june 24, jyles was declared the starting quarterback for 2012. jyles started the first 8 games of the season for the eskimos before he was demoted to 2nd and 3rd string for the remainder of the season. ray went on to win the 100th grey cup with the toronto argonauts and jyles was released by the eskimos on january 21, 2013.