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NFL bonuses: Gronk closing in on $6.5M; others chasing millions, too
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/...uses-gronk-others-chasing-millions-of-dollars
interesting..........:0071:0071:0071:0071
Many NFL players have notable performance bonuses in their contracts tied to incentives and playing time. It?s not unusual for a player to bet on himself and earn millions of dollars in addition to his base salary.
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is a prime example of a player who bet on himself. Gronkowski had $6.5 million at stake in bonuses this season while earning a base salary of $4.25 million.
How has Gronk fared in his bid to pocket additional cash? How about other players? Here?s a closer look:
some of them..url above for all
like Carolina Sunday...
Carolina Panthers
Julius Peppers, DE
Salary: $1 million
Bonuses: Peppers already has earned $500,000 for nine sacks and can get to $750,000 if he gets to 11.
Indianapolis Colts
Adam Vinatieri
Salary: $2.75 million
Bonuses: Vinatieri will earn a $500,000 bonus if he makes at least 90 percent of his field goal attempts. He?s currently at 88.9 percent on the season after two misses in the blizzard in Buffalo in Week 14 dropped his percentage. Vinatieri needs to go at least 3-for-3 in the final two games to reach 90 percent. Vinatieri missed out on the $500,000 bonus when he missed a field goal that kept him below 90 percent in Week 17 of last season.
New Orleans Saints
Mark Ingram RB
Salary: $5.345 million
Bonuses: Ingram?s contract will void a year early, making him a free agent after this season if he is named a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press. The All-Pro team has one running back spot and one flex position for the entire league, regardless of conference.{it will not happen}
New England Patriots
Rob Gronkowski, TE
Salary: $4.25 million
Bonuses: Gronkowski had $6.5 million in bonuses at stake going into the 2017 season. He has already earned $4.5 million (by reaching 1,000 yards receiving) and can earn another $2 million in bonuses with either 90 percent playing time, 80 catches, 1,200 receiving yards or All-Pro recognition (which he has made four times). Gronkowski is at 79.3 percent playing time and has 64 catches for 1,017 yards. {he needs 16 catches for 80...} {needs 183 yards 1,200} and this beast missed a game...this single strongest force in all of football...
Dallas Cowboys
Jonathan Cooper, G
Salary: $1 million
Bonuses: Cooper needs to play 75 percent of the snaps to earn $500,000. He is at 79 percent with two games left, so as long as he?s at half the snaps or so in the final two games, he will earn $500,000. He also earns $31,250 in per-game roster bonuses (he was inactive the first three games).
Darius Slay, CB
Salary: $4.1 million
Bonuses: Slay hit his $550,000 escalator in base pay for 2018 by having five or more interceptions and making the Pro Bowl. His 2018 base salary will now be $2,726,269.
D.J. Hayden, CB
Salary: $2 million
Bonuses: He gets a bonus of $250,000 by playing 50 percent of snaps, another $250,000 for 60 percent of snaps, another $250,000 for 70 percent of snaps and a final $250,000 for 80 percent of snaps. He has played 41.3 percent of snaps this season. He also can get an extra $125,000 if he has four interceptions and another $125,000 with an additional interception. Hayden has yet to intercept a pass this season.
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/...uses-gronk-others-chasing-millions-of-dollars
interesting..........:0071:0071:0071:0071
Many NFL players have notable performance bonuses in their contracts tied to incentives and playing time. It?s not unusual for a player to bet on himself and earn millions of dollars in addition to his base salary.
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is a prime example of a player who bet on himself. Gronkowski had $6.5 million at stake in bonuses this season while earning a base salary of $4.25 million.
How has Gronk fared in his bid to pocket additional cash? How about other players? Here?s a closer look:
some of them..url above for all
like Carolina Sunday...
Carolina Panthers
Julius Peppers, DE
Salary: $1 million
Bonuses: Peppers already has earned $500,000 for nine sacks and can get to $750,000 if he gets to 11.
Indianapolis Colts
Adam Vinatieri
Salary: $2.75 million
Bonuses: Vinatieri will earn a $500,000 bonus if he makes at least 90 percent of his field goal attempts. He?s currently at 88.9 percent on the season after two misses in the blizzard in Buffalo in Week 14 dropped his percentage. Vinatieri needs to go at least 3-for-3 in the final two games to reach 90 percent. Vinatieri missed out on the $500,000 bonus when he missed a field goal that kept him below 90 percent in Week 17 of last season.
New Orleans Saints
Mark Ingram RB
Salary: $5.345 million
Bonuses: Ingram?s contract will void a year early, making him a free agent after this season if he is named a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press. The All-Pro team has one running back spot and one flex position for the entire league, regardless of conference.{it will not happen}
New England Patriots
Rob Gronkowski, TE
Salary: $4.25 million
Bonuses: Gronkowski had $6.5 million in bonuses at stake going into the 2017 season. He has already earned $4.5 million (by reaching 1,000 yards receiving) and can earn another $2 million in bonuses with either 90 percent playing time, 80 catches, 1,200 receiving yards or All-Pro recognition (which he has made four times). Gronkowski is at 79.3 percent playing time and has 64 catches for 1,017 yards. {he needs 16 catches for 80...} {needs 183 yards 1,200} and this beast missed a game...this single strongest force in all of football...
Dallas Cowboys
Jonathan Cooper, G
Salary: $1 million
Bonuses: Cooper needs to play 75 percent of the snaps to earn $500,000. He is at 79 percent with two games left, so as long as he?s at half the snaps or so in the final two games, he will earn $500,000. He also earns $31,250 in per-game roster bonuses (he was inactive the first three games).
Darius Slay, CB
Salary: $4.1 million
Bonuses: Slay hit his $550,000 escalator in base pay for 2018 by having five or more interceptions and making the Pro Bowl. His 2018 base salary will now be $2,726,269.
D.J. Hayden, CB
Salary: $2 million
Bonuses: He gets a bonus of $250,000 by playing 50 percent of snaps, another $250,000 for 60 percent of snaps, another $250,000 for 70 percent of snaps and a final $250,000 for 80 percent of snaps. He has played 41.3 percent of snaps this season. He also can get an extra $125,000 if he has four interceptions and another $125,000 with an additional interception. Hayden has yet to intercept a pass this season.
