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. In these roster bonuses, teams will usually specify a date that the player will earn the bonus with a clause that reads like, "Player will receive $2 million roster bonus on the second. The amount increases to $700,000 and $900,000 with eight and nine sacks, respectively. He has already earned $500,000 because of his yardage total. The 49ers could choose to stick with 2022 seventh-round pick Brock Purdy during a deep playoff run even if Garoppolo can return. He took a $5.5 million pay cut to $4 million to continue playing for the Rams. He featured Smith offensively at the beginning of the game so he could make the extra money and reach the personal milestone. The Jaguars raised eyebrows by signing Kirk to a four-year, $72 million contract with $37 million fully guaranteed when free agency began. Triggering an escalator doesn't necessarily mean that the player will make the increased salary. The players selected immediately before Wilson at No. Heinicke took over seven games into the season after Carson Wentz broke the ring finger on his throwing hand. No. None of the interceptions were returned for a touchdown. Like the touchdown passes, this is tied to Tampa hitting those rushing totals. Then there is Goldens contractual incentive based on sacks. Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits 2:43 pm ET. Free-agency coverage | More NFL . Aaron Rodgers earns a bonus of $100,000 if he plays over 72.5% of the Green Bay Packers snaps and finishes in the top three of any of these four categories: Passer rating, completion percentage, interception percentage and passing yardage. Smith earned $500,000 for being selected to the Pro Bowl. Garoppolo surprisingly agreed to a massive pay cut from the $25 million he was scheduled to make this season to $7 million with an additional $8.45 million in incentives right before the final roster cutdown to stay with the 49ers as 2020 third overall pick Trey Lance's backup. It's an additional $500,000 with 10 or more sacks. All Rights Reserved. Now, he can earn another $750,000 if he plays in 70% of Miami's plays, another $750,000 if he plays 80% of snaps and $1 million if he finishes the season playing in at least 90% Miami's snaps for a maximum of $2.5 million. He played 21 snaps in a Week 2 victory at Miami. Those were also worth $250,000 each. After restructuring his contract back in March, converting over $4 million in salary to incentives to help the Green Bay Packers clear some cap space, Smith is on his way to earning those dollars back thanks to getting after the quarterback. Since we represented Jacksonville's head coach, Jack Del Rio, in the latter stages of his playing career, I called him during the week of the finale to let him know what was at stake for Smith in the game. An injury plagued 2020 season prompted Jadeveon Clowney to take a one-year, $8 million contract year worth a maximum of $10 million with incentives from the Browns. Maximum: $7.5 millionExpected bonus: $4.5 million. His comes 3 years from now, after the packers give Rodgers, the Favre send off. It gave Attaochu, who started in place of the injured Bradley Chubb, five sacks for the season -- good for fourth on the team. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? There's $333,333 for 600 or more receiving yards and another $333,334 at 800 receiving yards. Not bad for a player who signed a few weeks before training camp began. The pass rusher enters play with 11 sacks this season. Green has 46 catches for 718 yards in 14 games this season. He has four interceptions and hasn't recovered any fumbles. To make the $1 million tied to 90%, Miami must be improved from 2020 by NFL ranking in total net defensive yards allowed or net yards allowed per passing play. Maximum: $1.5 millionExpected bonus: $1 million. Follow Stats and Info on Twitter @ESPNStatsInfo. In total, players received a little more than $231 million. 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. If he reaches 10 sacks, that will bump to $2 million, and if he were to hit 12 sacks, that would bump to $3.2 million. Brown's playtime is 97.84% through 15 games. Washington quarterback Taylor Heinicke made an extra $125,000 for every win in which he played at least 60% of the snaps. Campbell makes $500,000, $1 million, $1.5 million or $2 million for at least 39%, 45%, 50% or 55% playtime, respectively. Eric Winston (@ericwinston) March 5, 2019 . "Today I finished my last one." The most frequent categories for individual achievement are playtime or based on the player's primary function (i.e. Antonio Brown earned $250,000 bonus by reaching 45 catches on the season. Maximum: $2 millionExpected bonus: $500,000. 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? There's $250,000 each for being in the NFL's top seven and top 10 for field goals made. at 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. Incentives are typically paid in February or March following the season in which they are earned. Calais Campbell freed up $3 million of 2021 salary cap space in a contract renegotiation where he reduced his 2021 compensation from $10 million to $8 million and turned a $1 million incentive for making the Pro Bowl from likely to not likely by coupling it with a laundry list of individual and team statistical improvements from the 2020 season. He totaled seven sacks with the Lions, matching his yearly average over the past four seasons. Here's a look at 2021 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. 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. Traffic & Performance. The two-year, $28 million contract (worth up to Getting another sack will earn him additional $750,000 to bring the total to $1.25 million. Fortunately for Norwell, the Jaguars are currently sixth in average net yards gained per rushing play. 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. Getting five sacks is worth $500,000. He collected the smallest bonus, just $248 for two snaps on special teams. There's $250,000 more with eight sacks. J.J. Watt, DL, Cardinals. His playtime for the season is 58.12%. Performance bonuses can be divided into two basic categories: incentives and salary escalators. Can the Lions fix their defense? He'll earn another $750,000 if he plays and the Rams win in the divisional round, and another $750,000 if he plays and Los Angeles wins the NFC championship. There's also $500,000 for reaching 95% or making the Pro Bowl, which didn't happen. 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. Markus Golden is one of the NFL's best bargains for a pass rusher. Is there actually some formula for determining expected playing time? The Chiefs are hoping to get Jones back from the COVID-19 list this week. Maximum: $1 millionExpected bonus: $1 million. A rib injury and back issues have limited Gronkowski to nine games this season. The amount earned doubles if the Seahawks make the playoffs or have 10 wins. There are entirely too many performance bonuses in NFL contracts to recognize them all. If Chris Jones can get to Drew Lock once this weekend, he will earn a nice little payday. Whitworth also has incentives based on the Rams' playoff success and his offensive playtime reaching 65%. So when Moore still didn't have a catch late in the Seahawks' 26-23 victory, Wilson and QBs coach Austin Davis talked on the sideline about getting him one. He has easily exceeded the 20 touchdown passes also necessary to qualify for this $500,000. This leaves the Super Bowl. Currently at 55.2% of Baltimore's snaps, if he finishes the season playing over 50%, he'll make an extra $1.5 million -- which should happen -- or if he ends the season playing at least 55% of the Ravens' snaps, that'll bump to $2 million. If he reaches 10, he'll earn $1.25 million. Instead, he joined the Vikings on a backloaded, three-year, $42 million deal worth up to $44 million with incentives. That is another $1 million in bonuses. San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (knee) played just two games as well, and he earned $4,279. 16, and he'd have to break into the top five to unlock a $562,500 bonus. His 10.9 yards-per-completion average is No. Saints wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders needed eight catches Sunday to reach a $500,000 bonus for 60 catches on the season. Doing some back of the envelope math, should Rodgers attempt eight passes this weekend and hit on all of them, that would push his completion percentage on the season to 69.09%. Clowney is currently on the COVID-19 list, which kept him out of Monday's game against the Raiders. 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. His 10th came in a Week 12 contest against the Rams. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. There's an additional $250,000 each at the 65%, 75% and 85% playtime levels. The Dolphins had no interest in a renegotiation since there were four years left on Howard's deal. There are $2.5 million of incentives in every year that make the deal worth up to $87.5 million. Armstead makes $300,000 for 65% or more offensive playtime, with an additional $400,000 for 70%. Carolina Panthers linebacker Haason Reddick has 11 sacks this season. San Francisco making the playoffs where Garoppolo's regular-season playtime is 50% or more is worth $500,000. There's an additional $125,000 for hitting the 60% playtime threshold in a playoff victory that's capped at two wins. Brady is also 12th in the league with 7.3 yards per attempt (Aaron Rodgers is fifth with 7.8). 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. On the year, Green has caught 50 passes for 825 yards and three touchdowns. Grasu played right tackle and blocked for a 3-yard gain. He has seven sacks so far this season. The pay is determined based on playing time percentage and base salary. Ten were paid less than $1,000. With 12 catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns Sunday, the wide receiver maxed out his $1.2 million worth of 2020 incentives, according to a source. Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Steelers, $1,687.79: Big Ben started two games before going out for the season because of an elbow injury. A team qualifier of improving from 2020 in touchdowns on returns and recoveries was added to make $850,000 of existing likely to be earned incentives unlikely. An extended stay will jeopardize his ability to earn any of the playtime incentives. 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. 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. But if he hits 13 on the season? Some. Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits Ten sacks are worth another $750,000. Maximum: $7 millionExpected bonus: $1 million. NBA, NFL, NHL, EPL, or MLS player contracts, salaries, transactions, and more. Clark was originally scheduled to make $19.5 million in 2022 before dropping his pay to $6.75 million, with an additional $7 million in incentives, in order to stay in Kansas City. Brown, who was picked up by the Buccaneers midway through the 2020 season at the urging of quarterback Tom Brady, had been playing on a one-year, $3.1 million contract signed in April 2021.. He also has incentives for 1,000, 1,100 and 1,200 receiving yards. There's also a $250,000 incentive for 45% offensive playtime during the regular season and a Super Bowl win where Brown is active for the game. All players who are on the active 53-man roster the Sunday immediately preceding the conference championship games will earn $65,000, up $6,000 from last year. In 2019, he started every game for Pittsburgh and posted an 86% pass block win rate, an ESPN metric powered by NFL Next Gen Stats. Please check your email for a confirmation. The bonus pay will help him offset the money he lost from a two-game suspension at the start of 2019 for violating the league's personal conduct policy. He came up short on six touchdowns with playoffs incentive (he had four) and 650 receiving yards (483). He has 82 for 1,007 yards. Here's a look at 2020 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. Dalton makes $500,000 by taking at least 50% of New Orleans' offensive snaps and another $500,000 with this playtime and making the playoffs. 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. If it happens, that $875,000 will come close to doubling his base salary of $1 million for 2021. Brown gets $333,333 for hitting 50 receptions and another $333,334 with 70 receptions. Generally, any incentives with higher thresholds than the player's or team's statistical performance in the prior season qualify as NLTBE. Seven, nine and 11 sacks are each worth an additional $1 million. Bengals' rebuild not yet complete Players who are playing a bulk of the snaps but are on relatively cheap contracts receive a hefty bonus. Maximum: $3.5 millionExpected bonus: $2.5 million. It's an additional $500,000 with 10 or more sacks. At least 75%, 80%, 85% and 90% are each worth $750,000. He was also limited to five games because of a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle. There are entirely too many performance bonuses in NFL contracts to recognize them all. Finney. His defensive playtime this season is just over 58%. He wasn . section: | slug: agents-take-inside-the-2022-performance-bonuses-of-20-notable-players-including-jimmy-garoppolo-geno-smith | sport: football | route: article_single.us | 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. The full list, going team-by-team,can be found here, courtesy of the NFLPA. Bengals' rebuild not yet complete Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell could have $1 million on the line Sunday. He gets an additional $250,000 with 10.5 sacks and another $250,000 for 12.5 sacks. 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. Armstead had played 97 of a possible 145 regular-season games in nine NFL seasons prior to signing a five-year, $75 million contract containing $43.73 million of guarantees with the Dolphins. His playtime this season is 83.29%. Our goal is to keep you informed while saving you time so you can compete successfully. XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? The sixth-round pick out of Alabama in 2018 started for the entire regular season. Prescott also must take at least 50% of Dallas' offensive snaps in the Super Bowl to collect. There are entirely too many performance bonuses in NFL contracts to recognize them all. The 55% threshold could be in jeopardy if Campbell doesn't make a quick return from the thigh injury that kept him out of last Sunday's game against the Packers. Bills safety Jordan Poyer needed one interception Sunday to collect on a $250,000 incentive. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. If earned, a team will incur a salary cap charge for most incentives after the playoffs end. Lance's season-ending broken right ankle early in Week 2's contest versus the Seahawks put Garoppolo back in the lineup. Here's a look at 2019 performance bonuses for 25 noteworthy NFL players. Jerry Jones believes Cowboys can keep Zeke and Pollard, NFL combine measurements for DBs: Full list of results, Jerry Jones believes Prescott can progress like Brady, NFL combine 2023 results tracker: Top performances, NFL combine 2023: Winners and losers from DB workouts, Report: Pollard to get franchise tag if deal isn't done. Rob Gronkowski returned to the Buccaneers on a one-year, $8 million contract with an additional $2 million in incentives -- $1.5 million of which is based on his 2021 statistical achievement. 26. He is currently No. Coupling an individual achievement with a team statistical performance also makes an incentive NLTBE. Conklin took a $4 million pay cut from $12 million to a fully guaranteed $8 million after a dislocated left elbow and a torn right patellar tendon limited him to a career-low seven games last season. Winning one playoff game is worth $500,000 more. He can still earn $750,000 if the Bucs win the Super Bowl. The escalated amount is rarely guaranteed, so teams can still ask the player to take a pay cut or release him without incurring the financial obligation. Dalton signed a one-year, $3 million deal with $3 million of incentives to back up Jameis Winston. Post-6/1 Trade 2023 Dead Cap: $485,486 2024 Dead Cap: $0 2023 Cap Savings: $4,403,000. In those nine games, he has 40 catches for 527 yards and six touchdowns. This means Hightower's 2020 contract year became his 2021 contract year, which includes $2 million in incentives. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. The four-year, $160 million contract Prescott signed in March 2021 contains a $1 million incentive each year for the Cowboys winning the Super Bowl. Running back Todd Gurley didn't get the $1 million increase of his 2023 salary from his 2018 performance because the Rams released him in March 2020. Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski could make some money Sunday as well. Each team hands out $8.5 million to their players based on playing time and salary. I had firsthand experience with this scenario when I was an agent. If Green Bay Packers linebacker Preston Smith plays in the finale, although nothing is on the line for the Packers, he has a chance to earn quite a bit more money. The NFL has released the numbers for performance based pay earned by players from the 2021 season. Several contract incentives were cashed in as the regular season came to an end -- and the money earned is significant. 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He's on track for 86 catches and 1,120 yards. After opting-out a season ago, Hightower is back and calling the shots for Steve Belichicks defense. Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Marvin Jones Jr., who is sitting at 66 catches, needs four receptions for $500,000 and 14 receptions for $1 million. If he plays "65 percent of New England's defensive snaps this season, the bonus is worth $375,000, and that rises to $625,000 if he plays 70 percent of New England's snaps, $875,000 if he hits . The Rams were 15th, 15th and 17th, respectively, in points allowed, average net yards per passing play and total defense in 2021. Brown got off to a fast start before an ankle injury and a three-game suspension for violating COVID-19 protocols derailed his season. The former sixth-round pick out of Louisiana Tech played on nearly 72% of the team's snaps and started 15 games. Xavier Woods, S, Cowboys, $615,755.47: The fourth-year free safety led Dallas in bonus pay by a wide margin. Buccaneers linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul needed 2.5 sacks for an additional $350,000. The payday has been an annual staple since it was included in the collective bargaining agreement ratified in 2002. Chris Jones signed a four-year, $80 million contract in 2020 as a franchise player. Arizona Cardinals tackle Kelvin Beachum collected the second-highest check at $604,185 after starting every game. His one-year, $4 million deal has $2.25 million in incentives. Conklin makes $1,333,334, $2,666.667 or $4 million, respectively, with a minimum of 55%, 65% or 75% offensive playtime. The two-year, $13 million deal Brown signed to remain with the Patriots is worth as much as $22 million because of $4.5 million in annual playtime incentives. There's also $1 million for being selected to the Pro Bowl or being named first-team All-NFL by the Associated Press. There's $500,000 more with 7.5 sacks. He signed a two-year, $5 million deal worth up to $9 million through incentives. For instance, in 2022, each team got $8.5m in performance-based pay to be divided among all the players depending on their salary and playtime. 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. Players on the winning team get a $112,000 bonus. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Cowboys, $65,073.98: Elliott was a holdout at the beginning of training camp and was paid handsomely -- a six-year deal worth $90 million. Full playoff schedule | More content . Dolphins QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Maximum: $5 million Expected bonus: $2.5 million Dolphins head coach Brian Flores'. Incentives are typically paid in February or March following the season in which they are earned. So while those might be a stretch for Brady, he also enters the weekend leading the league with 40 touchdown passes, and leading the league with 4,990 passing yards. Clark gets $2.5 million with 60% or more defensive playtime and at least eight sacks. The trade market never materialized thanks to Garoppolo's right shoulder injury. Wentz is getting the start for Week 17's game against the Browns. XFL Week 3 preview: Can AJ McCarron, Battlehawks continue their fourth-quarter heroics? He cut his $14 million 2021 compensation to the $6 million that was already fully guaranteed.
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