The , a season after signing Gregory to a five-year, $70 million contract, released him Wednesday morning.
According to the Broncos media, Gregory saw his playing time reduced, lost his starting job, and met with the coaching staff as both parties agreed it was time to move on.
Gregory was coming off an injury and needed surgery when Denver signed him. If you go down his game log, Gregory has never played more than 14 games. Gregory was limited to 33 snaps last week, although he did have a quarterback hit. Gregory hadn’t played north of 65 percent of the Broncos snaps in any game this year.