, but he's done being silent. The veteran pa s rusher, who is currently serving an indefinite suspension levied in early 2019 that cost him all of last season, applied for reinstatement in early spring, but he has yet to hear a definitive verdict from league commi sioner Roger Goodell. The league has a preset 60-day window to render a verdict on reinstatement applications, and Gregory's case has blown right past that mile marker -- now pending for more than four months -- so it stands to reason the former second-round pick would eventually reach his breaking point.On Wednesday afternoon, that's precisely what happened. Gregory took to social media to aim a very pointed stick at both the NFL and the NFLPA for what he rightfully views as a mishandling of his case."I really mi s playing football and being a player in the NFL," . "I'm
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Brett Howden Men Jersey .But in the eyes of Gregory, and many others, they're not off to the best start. The talented pa s rusher feels like he's already lost valuable time in his NFL career because of the league's mishandling of mental illne s and their trepidation in catching up to sweeping changes in marijuana legislation, and it's difficult to argue against those points. The good news is Goodell hasn't turned down his request to rejoin the Cowboys this season, but the bad news is no one knows if anyone's looked at Gregory's paperwork yet, roughly 140 days or so after having received it -- and nearly 80 days after the 60-day deadline.
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