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Atlanta defensive tackle Grady Jackson is suing the Falcons, saying the team invaded his privacy and defamed him by releasing his medical records.The lawsuit centers around reports that surfaced last year, before Jackson signed as a free agent with the Falcons, that Jackson had heart problems. Jackson is listed at 345 pounds and looks significantly heavier than that, and a belief among NFL teams that he had heart problems would no doubt drive down Jackson's bargaining power in contract negotiations.
So did the Falcons make those reports public in an effort to sign Jackson for less than he might have otherwise received from another team? The Falcons, of course, deny that. The team issued a statement saying, in part, "We believe that this is a continuing attempt by the agent to gain a new contract for his client."
It's a bizarre suit and a very rare one in that it features a player suing a team he still plays for. Jackson is under contract to the Falcons for two more years and is slated to make $1.5 million this season. It seems quite unlikely now that he'll still be in Atlanta when the regular season begins.
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