When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed free agent Ladarius Green to a four-year, $20 million contract, nearly a quarter of which came in the form of a signing bonus, the front office seemed perfectly aware of the nature of his ankle surgery and is subsequent recovery time.
What they were evidently not aware of was the sort of issues that he was or could later have to deal with stemming from the number of head injuries that he has suffered over the course of his career. He was said to have suffered two concussions in a two-week span in September of last season, though he played for most of the season, and landed on injured reserve for his ankle.