Former Titans Receiver David Givens Sues Team for $25 Million!!!

Ex-Tennessee wide receiver David Givens has filed a lawsuit seeking $25 million from the Titans, alleging the team withheld information from him that could have prevented his career-ending knee injury.

According to the lawsuit, Givens was examined by an orthopedic surgeon prior to signing a five-year, $24 million contract with Tennessee in 2006. The lawsuit claims that the doctor who performed that physical, Tomas Byrd, concluded that Givens had a defect in his left leg and that it was unlikely that Givens could play an entire season without corrective surgery.

Givens' suit claims that he was not made aware of the diagnosis -- in November of 2006, Givens suffered a catastrophic knee injury while planting to make a cut, and has not played since.

"His knee just exploded on him. He's had multiple surgeries, and it can't be fixed so that he can play football again," Givens' attorney, Dan Warlick, told News Channel 5 in Tennessee.

Givens, now 29 and living in Massachusetts, was a seventh-round pick out of Notre Dame by New England in the 2002 draft. He won two Super Bowl titles with the Patriots -- XXXVIII and XXXIX -- catching TD passes in the AFC Championship and Super Bowl in the 2003 season, then in every New England playoff game in 2004.

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