Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I actually looked into this during our last postseason run because I was curious. Players on the Super Bowl winning team stood to gain an additional $350,000ish in salary. That’s for the WC, Divisional, and CCG as well as the SB. Since there’s a two week gap between the CCG and SB, we’ll call it an extra 5 weeks of work - meaning about $70,000 per week assuming you win (the totals are lower if you lose).
Running some numbers, it looks like weekly game checks for a $1.2m salary would come out to just above $70,000 game checks. So if your base salary exceeds $1.2m, you are actually taking less money as you play into the postseason even if your team is winning.
Guys like Mahomes and Kelce go from making $3m and $1m per week to “only” $70k lol
And yet the owners make MORE money off of playoff games.
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I actually looked into this during our last postseason run because I was curious. Players on the Super Bowl winning team stood to gain an additional $350,000ish in salary. That’s for the WC, Divisional, and CCG as well as the SB. Since there’s a two week gap between the CCG and SB, we’ll call it an extra 5 weeks of work - meaning about $70,000 per week assuming you win (the totals are lower if you lose).
Running some numbers, it looks like weekly game checks for a $1.2m salary would come out to just above $70,000 game checks. So if your base salary exceeds $1.2m, you are actually taking less money as you play into the postseason even if your team is winning.
Guys like Mahomes and Kelce go from making $3m and $1m per week to “only” $70k lol
but, most have bonus's based on playoffs and SB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Not gonna hit on all of em unfortunately. But hey Rashee Rice and Chamarri Conner were A+ picks and Wanya Morris has to be a B at worst.
A playable starter at LT at the end of the 3rd rd is practically u heard of. Plus I think he’s gonna be a good RG next year
Wanya Morris seems like a way better version of Cam Irving.
He can be an above average (or better) guard and a fine swing tackle.
Originally Posted by Bump:
sometimes I wonder if there are players out there that would prefer to be on a team that doesn't make the playoffs, just so they don't have to work as long. I'm sure they get paid for post season, but there's gotta be some players that would rather go home
Seemed the Dolphins had this thinking in Arrowhead in January! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
You guys who think there's going to be a CB and LT, do you think they are gonna sign Howard and Bahktiari because I can't think of any other way that happens.
So when this guy gets a sack is the crowd going to in unison say OOOOOO-Shayyyyyyy!? [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Not gonna hit on all of em unfortunately. But hey Rashee Rice and Chamarri Conner were A+ picks and Wanya Morris has to be a B at worst.
A playable starter at LT at the end of the 3rd rd is practically u heard of. Plus I think he’s gonna be a good RG next year
Not sure Morris is a B at all, maybe in time. On the other hand I still think FAU could be, or ar least a B -...fine. Imo he's improved against the run already. Good chance the get off is always awful but if he makes any strides there at all he'll be decent [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I actually looked into this during our last postseason run because I was curious. Players on the Super Bowl winning team stood to gain an additional $350,000ish in salary. That’s for the WC, Divisional, and CCG as well as the SB. Since there’s a two week gap between the CCG and SB, we’ll call it an extra 5 weeks of work - meaning about $70,000 per week assuming you win (the totals are lower if you lose).
Running some numbers, it looks like weekly game checks for a $1.2m salary would come out to just above $70,000 game checks. So if your base salary exceeds $1.2m, you are actually taking less money as you play into the postseason even if your team is winning.
Guys like Mahomes and Kelce go from making $3m and $1m per week to “only” $70k lol
Yeah the article I read was titled something like "Why don't NFL players look too bothered when they lose in the Playoffs"
Could be why dynasties like the Chiefs and Pats seem to get more out of the bottom of the roster guys [Reply]
Originally Posted by Danguardace: Yeah the article I read was titled something like "Why don't NFL players look too bothered when they lose in the Playoffs"
Could be why dynasties like the Chiefs and Pats seem to get more out of the bottom of the roster guys
Originally Posted by notorious:
And yet the owners make MORE money off of playoff games.
Pretty fucked up.
Right. They’re raking in cash in the postseason.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
but, most have bonus's based on playoffs and SB.
This is a good point. It doesn’t appear like all escalators are public knowledge, but a lot of players do have them in their contract. Google says Mahomes earns an extra $1.25m for winning the Super Bowl and can earn another 1.25m if he wins regular season MVP.
Assuming he wins the SB but not MVP, he still takes a pay cut lol
Though I suppose you could counter that the additional exposure benefits faces of the franchise like him. He will earn much more in endorsements for consistently making it deep into the playoffs to offset the lower salary in January/February. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Danguardace:
Yeah the article I read was titled something like "Why don't NFL players look too bothered when they lose in the Playoffs"
Could be why dynasties like the Chiefs and Pats seem to get more out of the bottom of the roster guys
I remember after we dusted the Dolphins’ dicks back in January, Tyreek held a postgame press conference and was talking about the end of the season. I specifically remember him seeming a little gloomy and he made a point to mention that “the football checks stop coming” so I’m sure a lot of guys are upset about the money train leaving the station for the time being. [Reply]