When word first emerged last week that the NFL Players Association has evidence that the Cowboys and Broncos had colluded regarding the long-term negotiations with franchise-tagged receivers Dez Bryant and Demaryius Thomas, it felt like a leverage ploy aimed at helping get both players negotiate long-term deals.
Apparently, it is.
According to Dan Graziano of ESPN.com, the NFLPA plans to move forward with the collusion investigation if the players don’t sign multi-year contracts before Wednesday’s deadline of 4:00 p.m. ET.
As PFT reported on Monday, the initial evidence came from a phone call between Cowboys COO Stephen Jones and Bryant, during which Jones allegedly said he had talked to Broncos G.