The NFL has a program that compensates low-paid players who logged playing time in the previous season.
The performance-based pay comes directly from the NFL and does not impact each team’s salary cap. Here’s a general explanation, courtesy of the league’s press release:
Under the Performance-Based Pay program, a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary. Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular season in which they play at least one official down. In general, players with higher playtime percentages and lower salaries benefit most from the pool.
For the Denver Broncos, six players earned significant performance-based bonuses from their playing time last season. Here are Denver’s players with the biggest performance-based pay in 2022, courtesy of KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis:
1. OT Cameron Fleming $544,459
2. CB Damarri Mathis $437,666
3. LB Alex Singleton, $424,516
6. OLB Jonathon Cooper $427,385
7. OL Quinn Meinerz $392,644
8. TE Eric Saubert $376,236
Fleming, Mathis, Singleton and Meinerz ended up starting most of the season, so it’s no surprise that their salaries did not match up with their playing time. The NFL is helping compensate for that with these performance-based bonuses.
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