Punching Bag Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25397003/agents-take-theres-a-lot-of-money-to-be-made-in-december-and-january Ironman Incognito: Incognito is making the most of the opportunity Buffalo gave him after sitting out last season in the aftermath of repeatedly bullying former Miami Dolphinsteammate Jonathan Martin in 2012 and 2013. He hasn't missed an offensive play this season, which puts him on track to earn $800,000 of playtime incentives that top out at 80 percent. Stay healthy, Tyrod Taylor: Taylor is the NFL's lowest-paid starting quarterback who isn't on a rookie contract after unexpectedly emerging from a three-way quarterback competition during the preseason. The three-year, $3.35 million contract he received to join the Bills in the offseason built in mechanisms to somewhat address this salary inequity. Taylor's 2016 base salary will increase $500,000 to $1 million with 50 percent to 80 percent offensive playtime. He can't afford to miss any more time with injuries to get the full $1 million escalation because he has 79.3 percent playtime thus far. Taylor has annual incentive clauses duplicating the dollar amounts and playtime in the escalator. There's another set of annual incentive clauses that mirror the other incentives but has an additional requirement of Buffalo winning a playoff game. Barring injury, Taylor should at least double his 2016 base salary, which is currently $1 million, since Buffalo making the playoffs remains to be seen. He has likely already triggered another important contract mechanism. Taylor's 2017 contract voids with 50 percent playtime during the 2015 or 2016 regular season. The rising cost of Matt Cassel for Dallas: The Cowboys assumed the incentive package in Cassel's contract when he was acquired during an in-season trade with the Bills after Tony Romo broke his left collarbone. Cassel is set to be Dallas' quarterback for the remainder of the season with Romo re-injuring the collarbone in a Thanksgiving Day game. The one-year, $2 million contract Cassel signed after briefly being let go once Taylor was named Buffalo's starting quarterback has $2.15 million of playtime incentives. Cassel gets $400,000 for playing 35 percent of Dallas' offensive plays. The amount earned increases to $800,000 with 45 percent playtime. It's $1.2 million, $1.6 million and $2 million with 55, 65 and 75 percent playtime respectively. His playtime is currently 39.9 percent. It could be as much as 60 percent at the end of the season, which would make Cassel $1.2 million. There's another $150,000 Cassel has no shot at earning that's tied to the playoffs. Edited December 1, 2015 by Koolaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Pay the man his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 lets get incognito wrapped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Good for Matt Cassel to at least get some extra money after we jerked him around like we did. Note that I don't miss him and don't particularly think the Bills should've done anything different, but as a human being, I felt bad for him & his pregnant wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 lets get incognito wrapped up. This. He is my #1 FA target if I'm the Bills Is there a date during the season that teams can not give contract extensions to its own players? CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBBullsfan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Some unfortunate team (probably the Browns) will end up signing Tyrod to a Russell Wilson type contract, only to realize that his production was only a result of Greg Roman's system. Tyrod becomes the next RGIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzu Bill Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Some unfortunate team (probably the Browns) will end up signing Tyrod to a Russell Wilson type contract, only to realize that his production was only a result of Greg Roman's system. Tyrod becomes the next RGIII. An above average player made of paper mache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Sign Tyrod to a 6 year deal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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