In this Dec. 11, 2011, photo, Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil waits during an NFL football game between the Broncos and the Chicago Bears in Denver. Dumervil found himself out of a job and the Broncos were without their best defensive end Friday afternoon, March 15, 2013, after they reached an agreement on a new contract but saw it all come undone when tardy filing of the paperwork forced Denver to release him. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Defensive lineman Elvis Dumervil has parted ways with his agent after a paperwork mix-up forced the Denver Broncos to waive him instead of signing him to an $8 million contract.
Dumervil and the Broncos had come to an agreement Friday for the defensive lineman to take a $4 million pay cut. But Dumervil's agent, Marty Magid, didn't fax the signed contract to the Broncos in time to meet Friday's 1:59 p.m. deadline and the Broncos cut Dumervil so they wouldn't be on the hook for the $12 million they owed him in the original contract.
Magid told USA Today that Dumervil contacted him Saturday to say he wanted to move in another direction.
``It's terrible, but he said he knows what happened and why it happened,'' Magid told the newspaper.
