Ex-Giants Linebacker Barrett Green Sues Gregg Williams Over Bounty Program, Career- Ruining Hit

Former NFL linebacker Barrett Green is suing the Washington Redskins and former assistant Gregg Williams, alleging a career-ending knee injury he suffered in 2004 is the result of the bounty program Williams lorded over several seasons ago.

According to USA Today Sports, Barrett also names Redskins tight end Robert Royal, the player who tackled him, as a defendant with his formal complaint stating “Redskins coaches directed their players to disregard criminal and civil laws, as well as NFL rules, to intentionally injure opponents.”

Prior to joining the Redskins, Williams was the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints and considered the mastermind behind the bounty scandal that led to unprecedented sanctions from the NFL. He was suspended for all of last season and subsequently released by the St. Louis Rams. He is now a senior defensive assistant with the Tennessee Titans.

 Green, a linebacker who played for the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants between 2000 and 2005, was injured during a Dec. 5, 2004 game while being tackled by Royal, a hit the suit terms as "unusual, outrageous, and an obvious cheap shot."

Green played in one more game after the injury and later underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL. He was cut at the end of the 2005 season and a 2006 comeback attempt with the Houston Texans also ended with him being cut before the start of the regular season.

At the time he was injured, Green was in the first year of a five-year, $13 million deal. According to the lawsuit, by being cut Green lost roughly $10 million in lost wages from that contract as well as several other million in future salary and benefits,  

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