The saga of Broncos right tackle Ja’Wuan James’ Achilles injury added another chapter Thursday, this time from the NFLPA.
James sustained his injury Tuesday while training in the Denver area, but not at the Broncos’ facility. It qualifies as a “non-football injury” and the Broncos have the ability, as given to them in the collective bargaining agreement, to void this year’s $10 million guaranteed salary.
On Wednesday, the league office sent a memo, provided to The Denver Post by an NFL executive, to every team saying “clubs are encouraged to remind players of the significant injury-related protection provided if they choose to work out at the club facility and the risks they undertake in choosing to train in non-NFL locations.”
The union answered with a memo sent to players and first obtained by NFL Network.
The union said the league was “gutless to use a player’s serious injury as a scare tactic to get (players) to come running back to these (on-site) workouts. … (The NFL’s) memo is yet another sign of what they think of (players) and also affirms that they simply want to control you year-round in any and every way they can.”
According to the memo, the union has been in contact with James and said he was “working out to stay in shape under a program recommended to him by his coach,” and said “clubs who care about their players have often in the past honored a player’s contract for simply working out to stay in shape.”
Nevertheless, because the injury happened off-site, the Broncos are within their right to withhold James’ salary. They could also try and re-coup some of his $12 million signing bonus if they want to turn up the temperature.
The union also claimed the league office has “never, ever sent such a memo (like on Wednesday) about voluntary workouts, which is confirmation that your position is both right and effective.”
The Broncos’ next move is likely placing James on the non-football injury list, which keeps him under contract but opens up a spot on the 90-man roster.
The entirety of the Broncos’ offseason program is voluntary except for the mandatory mini-camp on June 15-17. They have organized team activity workouts scheduled for May 24-25 and 27 and June 1-2, 4 and 7-8.
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