Former Denver Broncos -Linebacker Aaron Patrick has reached an unknown settlement with the NFL about a devastating knee injury that he sustained in 2022 has confirmed DailyMail.com.
“The case has arranged itself under the conditions of strict confidentiality,” lawyer William Berman told DailyMail.com in an e -mail. “I can only say that my client is looking forward to a chance to return to a career in the NFL.”
Patrick tried to grab chargers point to return Deandre Carter when his momentum carried him out of the borders and to a non -created sideline employee. The worse of the situation was a narrow black carpet that caught Patrick's left shoe spot during the collision.
His agent, Lamont Smith, told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network when the carpet may have contributed to the seasonal knee injury of his customer.
“I was very disturbed about the way in which the injury took place with the carpet that was on the sidelines,” said Smith in the SMS message.
“His shoe plate was brought into the carpet to avoid the media person.”
With the Broncos on the road in Inglewood, California, Patrick Chargers point tried to reconcile Retourner Deandre Carter when his momentum carried him out of the borders and in a non -created sideline employee. The worse of the situation was a narrow black carpet that caught Patrick's left shoe spot during the collision
Aaron Patrick (94) of the Denver Broncos is on the ground after collision with a middle-aged in middle age during the extension of the Los Angeles Chargers 19-16 victory in Sofi Stadium
Aaron Patrick was an unknown free agent who has not played in the NFL since his injury
The suit, submitted by Berman in California, claimed: “The defendants were negligent in their activities of Sofi Stadium to have a dangerous state existing by having placed three mats near the sidelines to cover cords/cables that led to the feed for the Instant NFL's Replay monitor.”
Berman said in 2022 that safety in Sofi Stadium was not a priority for the NFL.
Dailymail.com has contacted an NFL spokesperson for comment. TMZ was the first to report the settlement.
This is hardly the first injury due to the many physical dangers that surround NFL players.
Las Vegas Raiders Safety Johnathan Abram injured his shoulder and collarbone when he met a television cart during a 2020 match.
Earlier in 2015, the then Francisco 49ers who was returned to GRASE concrete in the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis and a seasonal knee injury slipped back on Glad Bush in the Edward Jones. Bused sued the rams, who have since moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles and eventually won $ 12.45 million damage.
But the impact of Patrick's injury was perhaps much more disastrous, financially.
Although the other players had already made many millions in the NFL, Patrick was a unguomed free agent whose $ 825,000 salary was not even guaranteed. Including his last season, he only earned $ 1.2 million in his short career and he has not been signed since the injury.
