Former Minnesota Vikings first-round pick Sharrif Floyd is expected to sue Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday for $180 million according to Floyd's lawyer, Brad Sohn per ESPN.

In September 2016 Floyd went to Dr. Andrews for a routine arthroscopic surgery that was expected to sideline him for three or four weeks. Once the surgery was started the doctors realized that microfracture surgery which required some drilling into the bone and an after surgery pain blocker.

The suit that is being filed claims that the pain blocker affected a nerve and the surrounding muscle and made it so he couldn't ever play football at a high level ever again. The $180 million number comes from what a top end defensive player would be expected to make in a career, and how much it's projected Floyd could have missed out on because of the surgery being botched.

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Sohn told ESPN on Monday, “I'm going to get justice for Sharrif. He would have earned, we believe, a considerable amount of money playing football, and we're going to attempt to hold accountable the people who prevented him from playing football and ended his career. I'm prepared to go the distance.”

The Vikings are not named in the suit but Floyd did file a grievance with the NFL Players Association after the team put him on the non-injury list. Floyd argued he shouldn't have been placed on the list and should have been paid his full $6.75 salary for the 2017 season. It's not clear if this issue was ever cleared up or ruled upon but the Vikings did decide to pay $2 million of the salary owed.