Probably didn't know until they got him "in house" for the physical. They have only had a chance to physically vet those players they saw at the combines or brought in as one of their official thirty visits.

AG, with just the drama of the last two seasons, I'd thought they'd done the physical before signing him or that the signing would be conditional per physical...

Now it could be the latter is what happened, but our roving beat reporters are not indicating that at his release...