at The four-year contract Dont'a Hightower signed in 2017 tolled because he opted out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tot Player Comp for the '19 season will be $228.7m/club; $188.2m of that is salary cap, but there is another $40.5m of benefits that is distributed. Article 7, Section 4 of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement. $2 million of defensive playtime incentives were also inserted in the deal. Maximum: $1 million Expected bonus: $1 million The 33-year-old announced on Tuesday he is retiring at the end of the season. His 2022 contract year was eliminated in the process. Interestingly enough, if he reaches this goal he might want to treat new teammate Melvin Ingram to something nice. News tracker | Top 100 free agents Attaochu had signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal last March to return to the Broncos. Since the acquisition, which allowed Steve Spagnuolo to slide Jones back to the interior of the defensive line, Jones has tallied six total sacks. Brady's 40 touchdown passes have eclipsed the 25 he needed to unlock a $562,500 bonus, but this bonus is contingent on the Bucs' rushing yards. It has not been the best of seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, and that has led to questions about the tenure of Pete Carroll, general manager John Schneider, and even quarterback Russell Wilson. section: | slug: agents-take-inside-the-2022-performance-bonuses-of-20-notable-players-including-jimmy-garoppolo-geno-smith | sport: football | route: article_single.us | Could the Cowboys look at a running back in first round again? There are three different $1 million incentives predicated on Norwell playing at least 70% on offense this season. He has been on the field for 99.01% of Indianapolis' defensive snaps this season. Wentz will count $33.8 million against the Eagles' salary cap in 2021, which is the third-biggest cap hit in the NFL for 2021 for a team he won't be playing for. Tom Brady has a number of incentives to play for this season, and while many of those can only be achieved with victories in the postseason, there are some regular season contract incentives at stake this weekend. It would increase to $1.25 million if the Bucs win in the divisional round, $1.75 million if they win the NFC championship, capping at $2.25 million if he repeats as Super Bowl champion. Generally, any incentives with higher thresholds than the player's or team's statistical performance in the prior season qualify as NLTBE. Saints wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders needed eight catches Sunday to reach a $500,000 bonus for 60 catches on the season. Poyer was selected to the Pro Bowl. In order for Collins to be at 80% or above playtime for the season, the Bengals can't have more than 147 offensive snaps over the final two regular-season games. But, as we are reminded almost daily, the NFL is a business, and players have limited windows to maximize their earnings before the cruelty of the game and Father Time take hold and win in the end. Green is enjoying a second life in the desert as part of an Arizona Cardinals team that is trying to lock down a division title in the final week of the season. He'll enter Sunday having played 96.8% of Arizona's defensive snaps. Clowney makes $250,000 for reaching 60% defensive playtime. About Spotrac; Media Requests; Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson was aware of what was at stake for Moore in the week leading up to the regular-season finale. On the year, Green has caught 50 passes for 825 yards and three touchdowns. A subpar 2020 season where Preston Smith's sack total dropped from 12 in 2019 to four led to a $4 million cut in pay. Under the terms of his contract, Brady earns a $562,500 bonus (with a maximum of $2.5 million) if he finishes in the top five in passer rating, touchdown passes, passing yardage, completion percentage and yards per attempt. Here are some of the notable total performance-based bonuses: Charvarius Ward, CB, Chiefs, $654,749.91 bonus: Ward's bonus money exceeded his base salary of $570,000 as he played a key role for the Super Bowl champions. He has already earned $500,000 because of his yardage total. There are also $500,000 in incentives, which aren't achievable, tied to Tampa Bay's playoff success ($250,000 for getting to the Super Bowl and $250,000 for winning the Super Bowl), Gronkowski taking at least 65% of the offensive snaps and improvement from 2020 NFL ranking in average net yards gained per rushing play. Full playoff schedule | More content . The Titans moved $2 million of Henry's 2023 base salary into his 2022 compensation while leaving his $500,000 incentive for reaching 1,300 rushing yards intact. Antonio Brown, WR, Patriots, $1,132.25: Brown was traded to New England after a tumultuous training camp in Oakland. The Titans traded Wilson to the Dolphins earlier in the offseason and he has already been released. The money can be earned back through playtime incentives. Maximum: $2 millionExpected bonus: $625,000. Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. is a half-sack away from $1 million -- with 4.5 sacks, he needs to reach five sacks to collect -- and if he has a big game against New Orleans and reaches seven sacks, he would instead make $2 million. But even if he qualifies for all five of the $562,500 bonuses, the stipulation is he can only win four of them, and as long as Tampa Bay finishes the season above 4.12 yards per carry and not in the bottom five of the league, he'll hit two of them. Because of this treatment, they weren't given any consideration. Each team hands out $8.5 million to their players based on playing time and salary. The Saints are still mathematically able to win the NFC South but the chances are remote. He has remained there despite Winston being healthy. There's an extra $250,000 for the Cardinals advancing to the NFC Championship Game with the same playtime threshold and Green must also play at least 50% in the game. Id be curious as to what metrics and variables are used to determine that. It's an additional $500,000 with 10 or more sacks. The Rams were 15th, 15th and 17th, respectively, in points allowed, average net yards per passing play and total defense in 2021. This year, due to the pandemic, the league and the players union negotiated a gradual payout schedule, one that will meter out the money between now and 2024. Smith gets $250,000 with 55% or more offensive playtime. Hightower makes $375,000 for 65% or more defensive playtime, with an additional $250,000 for 70%. If Los Angeles reaches the Super Bowl, he'll make $500,000 if he plays and the Rams lose or $1 million if he plays and the Rams win. Brady's 66.9% completions is No. Wilson is completing 65.4% of his passes this season. The two-year, $28 million contract (worth up to $31 million through incentives and salary escalators) Watt signed with the Cardinals in 2021, after the Texans granted his request to be released, is expiring. Kirk Cousins sits in fifth at 101.3. Entering Sunday, Lockett had already earned $1.8 million of that $2.4 million in potential added money. 2 seed in the NFC, and quarterback Tom Brady is one of many NFL players with bonuses and incentives tied into his . J.J. Watt, DL, Cardinals Maximum: $1 million Expected bonus: $1 million The 33-year-old announced on Tuesday he is retiring at the end of the season. It doesn't get more effective than that. His one-year, $4 million deal has $2.25 million in incentives. The Performance-Based Pay program is a collectively-bargained b enefit that compensates all players, including rookies, based upon their playing time and salary levels. In terms of yardage incentives, he earned $250,000 each for hitting 600, 700 and 800, and has one last threshold available, at the 900-yard mark. He cut his $14 million 2021 compensation to the $6 million that was already fully guaranteed. Poyer isn't going to earn any of the playtime related incentives. Howard has been on field for 90.47% of Miami's defensive snaps this season. He has an incentive paying $125,000 for every win in which he plays at least 60% of the Washington's offensive snaps for a maximum of 12 wins. Green entered the season with a chance to earn $2.5 million through incentives, and with 50 catches for 825 yards and three touchdowns, along with the Cardinals making the playoffs and Green playing at least 50% of the snaps, he has already made $1.25 million in incentives. A rib injury and back issues have limited Gronkowski to nine games this season. It's $250,000 for 50 receptions. Traffic & Performance. Make Your Picks. Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits These tables display which players are currently projected to qualify for the Proven Performance Escalator (PPE), a fourth-year salary escalator for players on drafted rookie contracts not drafted in the first round. Snap counts and playing time in this story were used from ESPN Stats & Information. A new home for Michael Thomas? CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | Incentives are usually designed to be classified as not likely to be earned (NLTBE) so that they will not count against the salary cap when a deal is signed. Obviously, the biggest order of business facing NFL players and teams this weekend is locking down a playoff spot, should those teams and players still be in the running for postseason spots. With 48 catches, 665 yards and six touchdowns, if he gets to 55 catches, he'll make $500,000, and if he reaches 750 yards, he'll make another $500,000. They are also tied for 12th in sacks allowed. Del Rio assured me he would take care of Smith. Those were also worth $250,000 each. Smith got $500,000 of the pay cut back with six sacks. Gilmore didn't sign a two-year, $20 million deal worth up to $23 million with incentives until the middle of April when the 2022 NFL Draft was approaching. One more sack in the final two games will get Houston the entire $1.5 million based on sacks. If it happens, that $875,000 will come close to doubling his base salary of $1 million for 2021. Getting five sacks is worth $500,000. Wagner was intent on coming back home to Southern California after the Seahawks released him in March rather than pay him $16.6 million this year on a $20.35 million salary cap number. Ten sacks are worth another $750,000. There are entirely too many performance bonuses in NFL contracts to recognize them all. The other $1 million is also contingent on Jacksonville ranking in the NFL's top 10 in at least one of seven offensive categories (points scored, touchdowns scored, total offense, average net yards gained per passing play, average net yards gained per rushing play, sacked allowed or completion percentage).The playtime threshold isn't a problem, as Norwell has only missed six snaps this season. San Francisco making the playoffs where Garoppolo's regular-season playtime is 50% or more is worth $500,000. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? The team requirement was also added to touchdown passes and passing yards. He then earned $400,000 by topping 1,000 yards on the season and another $200,000 by scoring his 10th touchdown. With one game remaining, Rodgers has already played 90.8% of the Packers offensive snaps this year, so that prerequisite has been met. XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? If he picks up two sacks in the finale, he'll add another $1 million. It's an additional $500,000 with 10 or more sacks. Cappa will now receive an extra $622K on top of his $750K base salary for 2021. Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland needed one interception Sunday for $100,000. And while the yardage bonus is probably a bridge too far (Rodgers sits at 3,977 yards on the season and in ninth position, 634 yards behind Joe Burrow in fifth place) he enters play with a completion percentage of 68.6%, just 0.4% behind Kyler Murray who sits in third place with a mark of 69%.. Maximum: $2 millionExpected bonus: $1.5 million. Brady is 13th in completion percentage with a completion percentage of 66.9% (Dak Prescott is fifth at 68.4%). He must throw a minimum of 224 passes to be eligible to earn any of these incentives. He leads the NFL with 4,990 passing yards, and as long as he stays in the top five -- Joe Burrow is fifth with 4,611 -- he'll hit another $562,500 incentive. He only played eight games in 2021 and had knee surgery in January. Rodgers currently ranks in the top three in passer rating and interception percentage. Giants running back Saquon Barkley suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 2. First team All-Pro/All-NFL by the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers of America or the Sporting News earns $1 million. Henry hit the 1,300-yard mark in Week15's game against the Chargers. Brown's playtime is 97.84% through 15 games. All of the. "It's pretty cool," Wilson said. There's money to be made with strong finishes to the regular season and deep playoff runs Sign up for the Touchdown Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning, Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey is more than another small DT -- his combine performance and game tape should make the NFL take notice. The former sixth-round pick out of Louisiana Tech played on nearly 72% of the team's snaps and started 15 games. 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Smith needed four catches to earn an additional $300,000 in incentives and 23 receiving yards for his ninth season with 1,000 receiving yards. Gilmore earns $250,000 for at least 70% defensive playtime, another $250,000 once he hits 80% and an additional $500,000 with playtime of 90% or more. ; rushing yards for a running back). It's not clear if that is cumulative -- the Packers have two returns this year and last year -- or if it's one individual category. Maximum: $3 millionExpected bonus: $1.5 million. (), Four NFL officials have to decided to step away from the game, At the Seventh Annual NFL Women's Forum, Laurie Fitzpatrick learned that there are many like her who have just wanted opportunities in (). 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The Bills added $2 million of incentives to Poyer's contract rather than sign him to a contract extension. The same goes for NFL Offensive Player of the Year. Nick Folk will make a little more than that on his one-year deal if he earns all of his $875,000 in incentives. Being selected to the Pro Bowl, which Smith-Schuster wasn't, would have yielded $1 million as well. Because of this treatment, they weren't given any consideration. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Make your picks throughout the playoffs and compete for $48,500! Players on the winning team get a $112,000 bonus. He had only missed seven offensive snaps before the game. His defensive playtime is 70.75%. If he plays 65% of New Englands defensive snaps this season the bonus is worth $375,000, and that rises to $625,000 if he plays 70% of New Englands snaps, $875,000 if he hits 75%, and $1 million if he plays on 80% of the Patriots defensive snaps. Option bonuses are treated the same as signing bonuses, except they have a trigger date later in the contract meaning they kick in the year after signing or later. Contract Notes: $2.82M guaranteed (signing bonus + 2021 salary) 2023: Proven Performance Bonus. Bradley Bozeman, C, Ravens, $613,180.37: Bozeman is near the top of the bonus list after snapping the ball to Lamar Jackson all season. Last offseason, the longtime Pittsburgh quarterback signed a two-year extension worth $68 million. 2024. Eleven players received more than $500,000. All Rights Reserved. Each achievement is worth $500,000. There's $250,000 each with 80% or more defensive playtime and the Rams improving on 2021's league ranking in points allowed, total defense and average net yards per passing play. Here's a look at 2022 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. Smith tying his career high of 12 sacks would make the total $3 million. 7:48 pm ET. "It's a blessing. Five touchdowns are worth $333,333 and seven touchdowns earn another $333,333. Smith has 10 sacks in 15 games this season. Touchdown passes: He's tied for third with 35. Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski could make some money Sunday as well. In a move that will save each team approximately $17 million in 2020, the NFL will not be required to fund the Second Career Savings Plan, Player Annuity Program, Severance Pay, Performance. There's another $750,000 each for divisional playoffs and NFC Championship Game victories. Arizona Cardinals tackle Kelvin Beachum collected the second-highest check at $604,185 after starting every game. The NFL's performance-based pay system has been around since 2002, when it was included in the ratification of the collective bargaining agreement, and it rewards players who have had high playing time but are making low base salaries. He earns a $250,000 bonus each for hitting 50, 60, 70 or 80 receptions on the season, so he has already earned $250,000 for the receptions and with ten catches this weekend he would earn another $250,000. The pass rusher enters play with 11 sacks this season. He can make $500,000 more by hitting the 60% playtime mark. The Chiefs acquired Ingram in a trade prior to the deadline, back on November 2, 2021. Brady is leading the NFL in these two categories this season. Per game roster bonuses are treated as incentives under the salary cap even though they are calculated as a part of a contract's base value. Jaguars Pro Bowl wide receiver Jimmy Smith, who was represented by the sports agency I helped found, had $1.85 million in annual incentives in his contract. The Dolphins have a $1 million salary cap charge for this incentive because Howard accomplished both feats last season. Poyer will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. He was also limited to five games because of a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle. That is another $1 million in bonuses. The amount goes to $750,000 if 3,700 passing yards is reached and is $1 million for hitting the 4,000-yard mark. That also triggers a $1.2 million escalator that will raise his 2021 base salary from $9.8 million to $11 million. Here are some performances achieved by players on Sunday -- and some that were just missed. Maximum: $3 millionExpected bonus: $750,000. There's $250,000 each for being in the NFL's top seven and top 10 for field goals made. Each time Wilson is named Super Bowl MVP is worth $500,000. Last year, Prescott had the highest base salary in the NFL at $31.4 million, playing on the quarterback franchise tag. Given that many contracts have performance incentives built in, there are some players who can earn themselves a nice payday this weekend if they put together some impressive outings in the final game of the season. Folk can also earn a bonus of $125,000 with an All-Pro selection. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason, Disputed loan at center of Commanders probe, Current NFL playoff picture: 11 spots clinched, three to go, How seven NFL playoff hopefuls can win in Week 18: Two game-plan keys for the Colts, 49ers, more, What happens during interviews for prospective NFL head coaches? After opting-out a season ago, Hightower is back and calling the shots for Steve Belichicks defense. He has $1 million in playtime incentives. This year, each team was allocated $4,623,500 for performance-based pay. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. The Commanders won five of the nine games Heinicke has started. J.J. Watt, DL, Cardinals.
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