Ward’s lawyer is asking the Patriots and the NFL Players Association to voluntarily give her whatever money Hernandez might still be owed.

Attorney Doug Sheff told reporters he had issued a “friendly challenge” to the Patriots, who cut the tight end in 2013, the same year he killed Odin Lloyd.

Sheff said he thinks the team might have owed Hernandez up to $6 million. The suit seeks to recover that plus proceeds from the eventual sale of Hernandez’s $1.3 million home, a Hummer and any other assets.