In a league well-known for its contentious contract disputes, it’s hard to think of a player experiencing more hostility from his own team over the course of a year than the Washington Redskin’s Trent Williams debacle.
Pro Bowl players have held out from teams before, but the story of Williams refusing to suit up for the team he’s played for since 2010 after its doctors reportedly dismissed a growth on his head that turned out to be a rare form of cancer is truly unprecedented.
Williams ended up holding out until the absolute last day before the Redskins would have basically retained control over his contract for another year.