His agent either lied or didn't know the clause is standard in the CBA.
I think this is exactly what happened. The Broncos wanted Gregory and Gregory wanted the Broncos. The Broncos told Gregory to get the best deal he could get with the Cowboys and they would let him know if they could match it.Perhaps this is the reason. There were reports earlier in the week that the Broncos were making a play for him. Maybe RG's team went to the Broncos and said "match this and we have a deal".
I think this is exactly what happened. The Broncos wanted Gregory and Gregory wanted the Broncos. The Broncos told Gregory to get the best deal he could get with the Cowboys and they would let him know if they could match it.
ThatJerryKid - out
He helped the 9ers plenty.I wasn't crazy about giving him that big of a contract, anyway. He's unreliable, and disappeared in the Niners game.
Ungrateful little prick.Randy Gregory is
1. an idiot for having such an idiotic agent who didn’t know that
Clause was there in his previous contract
2. an idiot not reading his previous contract
3. is an idiot for not questioning his agent after he clearly didn’t know about the clause
Sounds like he is an idiot here and his heart wasn’t in staying in Dallas
After all we did for him, good riddance
The video is long, but there's a great point in the beginning. This isn't about the contract. This was about preventing the tag from being used. RG likely wanted out, but knew he would be tagged. So they agreed in principle and then the tag was used on Schultz. Cowboys made him and offer and he took the deal to Denver who matched it. This way he got around the tag and still got his huge payday.Randy Gregory is
1. an idiot for having such an idiotic agent who didn’t know that
Clause was there in his previous contract
2. an idiot not reading his previous contract
3. is an idiot for not questioning his agent after he clearly didn’t know about the clause
Sounds like he is an idiot here and his heart wasn’t in staying in Dallas
After all we did for him, good riddance
Randy Gregory is now a bronco because he wanted to be a bronco