Cowboys' Gregory treating reinstatement as his final chance

After missing the entire 2017 season due to a year-long suspension, Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory was conditionally reinstated Monday.

Gregory has worked hard for a second chance to play in the NFL again, but understands he has little, if any, room for error going forward.

"It is (my final chance) and if it's not, I'm definitely treating it like it is," Gregory told ESPN's Todd Archer Tuesday. "I feel like a lot of other organizations wouldn't have stuck around for this long. I think part of it is just the faith in what I can do on the field, but they also saw that I was a struggling kid that was trying to get himself back on the right path."

After being suspended, the former second-round pick spent more than six weeks in intensive drug and alcohol rehab centers in addition to the required counseling.

"I'm a totally different person than I was coming into the league," Gregory said. "In some ways better. I think Jerry (Jones) and the whole organization, they understood the situation fully, and there was going to be some setbacks. Hopefully, this is the last one as far as all that."

Gregory hasn't played a snap in the NFL since the 2016 regular-season finale.