Some. Coupling an individual achievement with a team statistical performance also makes an incentive NLTBE. With the requisite offensive playtime, Brady gets $500,000 for the Buccaneers making the playoffs. Smith has $1 million in 2022 incentives based on sacks. He has 82 for 1,007 yards. Maximum: $7 millionExpected bonus: $1 million. All Rights Reserved. Incentives are typically paid in February or March following the season in which they are earned. 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. 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 | section: | slug: agents-take-inside-the-2021-performance-bonuses-of-20-notable-players-including-tom-brady-and-stefon-diggs | sport: football | route: article_single.us | Can the Lions fix their defense? The receptions and yardage numbers stand out because of some incentives in his contract. Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones has nine sacks. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Howard has been on field for 90.47% of Miami's defensive snaps this season. The entire $1 million is earned with double-digit sacks. The Chiefs subsequently modified his contract so he could earn an additional $510,000 because his $510,000 of per game roster bonuses ($30,000 for each game active) were increased to $1.02 million ($60,000 for each game active). Heinicke also gets $250,000 with at least 60% playtime during the regular season and Washington making the playoffs. NFL Players will receive $140.88 million in "Performance-Based Pay" for their performance during the 2018 season, the NFL announced today. If he picks up two sacks in the finale, he'll add another $1 million. Generally, any incentives with higher thresholds than the player's or team's statistical performance in the prior season qualify as NLTBE. Snap counts and playing time in this story were used from ESPN Stats & Information. Jones has 12 sacks 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. and got trolled about the NFC championship field goal, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003, Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children. Incentives are also a way for a player taking a pay cut to make back some or all of the money he is losing through the salary reduction. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Whitworth's playtime this season is 90.13%. Diggs is just off the pace with catches. The sixth-round pick out of Alabama in 2018 started for the entire regular season. Here's a look at 2022 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. There are three different $1 million incentives predicated on Norwell playing at least 70% on offense this season. 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 featured Smith offensively at the beginning of the game so he could make the extra money and reach the personal milestone. Green has 46 catches for 718 yards in 14 games this season. The Dolphins have a $1 million salary cap charge for this incentive because Howard accomplished both feats last season. Brady already has made $500,000 by playing in 75% of Tampa Bay's snaps in the regular season and making the playoffs. This year, each team was allocated $4,623,500 for performance-based pay. The Titans traded Wilson to the Dolphins earlier in the offseason and he has already been released. He's able to collect on the 70% or 80% snap count barrier only if the Dolphins finish the season having improved by NFL ranking from last season in either total net defensive yards allowed, net yards allowed per rushing play or net yards allowed per passing play. Resting a player with money on the line to preserve him for the postseason or to evaluate unproven players on teams out of playoff contention can create friction between the locker room and the coaches/management. 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. NBA, NFL, NHL, EPL, or MLS player contracts, salaries, transactions, and more. 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. Hightower's defensive playtime is 66.32% through 14 games. Maximum: $1 millionExpected bonus: $1 million. Poyer will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. "It felt great," Sanders said with a laugh after the game. If Smith, somehow, has the game of his life and records five sacks, he will earn over $3 million for his efforts, as the contract allows for another $1.2 million bonus if he reaches 14 sacks on the season. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. It's $500,000 for making the playoffs. Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker earned a $750,000 incentive Sunday after eclipsing 60 catches for 750 yards this season. He gets another $250,000 for 75% or more playtime and $125,000 more for at least 80% of New England's defensive snaps. His take from the 2020 performance-based pay system: $5,653. 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. A new home for Michael Thomas? 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. Maximum: $2 millionExpected bonus: $500,000. A $1 million incentive for being selected to the Pro Bowl wasn't earned. Brown gets $333,333 for hitting 50 receptions and another $333,334 with 70 receptions. Here's a look at 2021 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. His playtime for the season is 58.12%. On the year, Green has caught 50 passes for 825 yards and three touchdowns. He didn't have 1,000 receiving yards in any of his four NFL seasons with the Cardinals. Rodgers will earn an extra $100,000 for each of these categories if he finishes in the top three of the NFL and the Packers hit one other stipulation: They have to improve as a team in touchdowns on returns and recoveries. Players who are playing a bulk of the snaps but are on relatively cheap contracts receive a hefty bonus. That is another $1 million in bonuses. The finger injury that sidelined Wilson for three games ended his chance to duplicate or exceed last year's amount. 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. It doesn't get more effective than that. The 49ers could choose to stick with 2022 seventh-round pick Brock Purdy during a deep playoff run even if Garoppolo can return. Smith has thrown for 3,886 yards and 27 touchdowns. All in all, the league divested $8.5MM per club. The team requirement was necessary to turn the $3.375 million of incentives Brady earned last season from likely to be earned to NLTBE. Here's a look at 2022 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. A new home for Michael Thomas? Rams top Bengals after OBJ exits 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Generally, any incentives with higher thresholds than the player or team's statistical performance in the prior season qualify as NLTBE. 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. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have an incentive to finish the regular season strong, both as a team and for at least a couple of individuals. 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. NFL Player Bonuses and Who's Chasing Millions of Dollars Here's who needs touchdowns, sacks, interceptions, pick-sixes, fumble recoveries, passing yards, rushing yards, receptions and field. Five touchdowns are worth $333,333 and seven touchdowns earn another $333,333. Maximum: $2 millionExpected bonus: $1.5 million. But since the contest wasn't affecting Tampa Bay's playoff seeding, quarterback Tom Brady made sure Brown had his most productive game since joining the Buccaneers at midseason to reach 45 catches for $250,000. Wentz is getting the start for Week 17's game against the Browns. His defensive playtime is 70.75%. J.J. Watt, DL, Cardinals. Brown's playtime is 97.84% through 15 games. Brown gets $500,000 for 65% or more offensive playtime and another $500,000 with 70% or more. Arizona could theoretically climb as high as the number two seed, if both the Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose. His playtime this season is 83.29%. $4 million of incentives based on his sack total and Atlanta improving on last season's four wins, which has occurred, were included. Interestingly enough, if he reaches this goal he might want to treat new teammate Melvin Ingram to something nice. 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. He also earned $3,668 from the Seattle Seahawks, who dealt him to Cincinnati in the Carlos Dunlap trade in October 2020. Here's a look at 2021 performance bonuses for 20 noteworthy players. 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. Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell could have $1 million on the line Sunday. 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. 16, and he'd have to break into the top five to unlock a $562,500 bonus. Getting five sacks is worth $250,000. 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. The regular season playtime isn't an issue, but Green Bay still needs another touchdown to exceed last year's mark.There's also $100,000 each for finishing top three in the NFL for the following categories with the same team improvement, a minimum of 224 pass attempts, and by taking 72.5% or more Green Bay's offensive snaps during the season: (1) passer rating, (2) completion percentage, (3) interception percentage, (4) yards per pass and (5) touchdown passes. The average salary for kickers is just over $2.4 million, according to NFLPA data. Id be curious as to what metrics and variables are used to determine that. There's another $750,000 each for divisional playoffs and NFC Championship Game victories. Wilson is completing 65.4% of his passes this season. By finishing with 12.5 sacks, Packers outside linebacker Za'Darius Smith earned a $1 million bonus. 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. The Bengals are averaging 69.4 offensive plays per game. The thresholds on existing sack incentives were lowered from seven to six and nine to eight. Brown's run with the Patriots lasted less than two weeks. Clowney makes $250,000 for reaching 60% defensive playtime. 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. He has been on the field for 99.01% of Indianapolis' defensive snaps this season. NFL players are about to receive a little extra spending money. Dalton's playtime is 68.15% through 15 games this season. ET, CBS), can win the No.