According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the lawsuit defensive tackle Grady Jackson filed against the Falcons in March has been resolved. Atlanta restructured his contract, adding a year onto the three-year deal he got from the team last offseason, as well as roster bonuses for 2008 and 2009.
Jackson had filed the suit in late March of this year for invasion of privacy and defamation over the alleged release of his medical records pertaining to last offseason. Jackson claimed Atlanta leaked information that he had a bad heart, which supposedly scared off other teams from getting into a bidding war with the Falcons over his services.
Either way, this is just a little ray of sunshine in a massive cloudy offseason for the Falcons. Remember, Rod Coleman may miss the first four to six games of the season, so if this issue with Jackson wasn’t resolved, there would have been two gaping holes in Atlanta’s defensive line. And I mean, gaping holes.
