Randy Gregory has found himself suspended for the 4th time since coming into the league, but Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones thinks there is still a chance that he could play this upcoming season.
Gregory is suspended indefinitely so there is a process that he will have to go through to even be eligible to play again.
“For all the obvious reasons I don’t know,” Jones said, via Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “It’s certainly not impossible. But his status is his status. It is what it is. We are going to do everything we can to try to have him overcome this hurdle to get in position to have him help us and he wants to do that.”
It would be very easy for the Cowboys and Jones to give up on Gregory but it has become very personal for Jones, and he wants to support him. Jones knows how hard this has been for Gregory but has been impressed at how hard he has worked to overcome it.
“He’s a pure soul first and foremost, the proof of that is how he’s thought of everybody around him, teammates coaches everyone,” Jones said. “He’s genuinely afflicted, genuinely. It’s real. He has to work through, just as you would many things as human beings. He has to work through this, and the way he works through it, the way he deals with his circumstances.”
“It’s impressive. It may not look that impressive when you say ‘look at the penalties that he’s endured,’ but it is impressive. He’s trying to work through it. Everybody on this team knows that he is. He’s an outstanding player by instincts, mentally, physically, he’s outstanding. He doesn’t pretend to be anything that he isn’t.”
It's hard to predict a timetable for how long Jones is going to be out, but for now, it seems like Jones is at least being optimistic that Gregory could be a little break from the commissioner's office.
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