Over the past couple of seasons regular Field Gulls readers have become familiar with the injury protections of Article 45 of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, which covers injury protection for players. The Seattle Seahawks have seen the importance of this portion of the CBA come up regarding multiple players, including Cliff Avril and Richard Sherman, with differing outcomes in each.
Avril, as has been written about here multiple times, was covered by the injury protection guarantees of the CBA for the 2018 season following the neck injury which ended his playing career.