DJ's contract incentives explained

[MightyGiants]

Daniel Jones, QB, New York Giants
Daniel Jones re-signed with the New York Giants on a 4-year, $160 million deal, with an additional $35 million available in incentives. The max Jones could earn per year in statistical incentives is $4 million and the max he could earn in playoff incentives is $5 million per season.

The max he could earn over the life of the contract in statistical incentives is $17.5 million and the max in playoff incentives is also $17.5 million.

19 or more TD Passes, OR ranks in the Top 15 of NFL in TD passes   $250,000

25 or more TD Passes, OR ranks in the Top 10 of NFL in TD passes   $375,000

31 or more TD Passes, OR ranks in the Top 5 of NFL in TD passes   $375,000

3,325 passing yards, OR ranks in the Top 15 of NFL in yards passing   $250,000

3,800 passing yards, OR ranks in the Top 10 of NFL in yards passing   $375,000

4,550 passing yards, OR ranks in the Top 5 of NFL in yards passing   $375,000

24 or more total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 15 of NFL in total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving)   $250,000

26 or more total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 10 of NFL in total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving)   $375,000

34 or more total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 5 of NFL in total TDs (passing, rushing, receiving)   $375,000

3,700 or more total yards (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 15 of NFL in total yards (passing, rushing, receiving)   $250,000

4,375 or more total yards (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 10 of NFL in total yards (passing, rushing, receiving)   $375,000

4,700 or more total yards (passing, rushing, receiving), OR ranks in the Top 5 of NFL in total yards (passing, rushing, receiving)   $375,000

65% of offensive snaps + team makes playoffs   $500,000

65% of offensive snaps + team wins Division   $750,000

65% of offensive snaps in playoff game OR team has bye and player played 65% of snaps in regular season   $1 million

Teams wins 2 playoff games and player participates in 65% of snaps in each playoff game OR team has playoff bye and wins 1 playoff game and player played 65% of snaps in regular season and 65% of snaps in the playoff game   $1.25 million

Team wins Super Bowl and player plays 65% of snaps in Super Bowl   $1.5 million


https://www.the33rdteam.com/category/analysis/tracking-nfl-contract-incentives-heading-into-2023-season/

[Bob In PA]

With such a complicated mish-mosh, no wonder it takes so long to work out major deals for QB's.  Bob

[Ed Vette]

Interesting how he has incentives to increase his income as it's directly related to his performance yet when he hasn't performed to these levels, it's someone else's fault.

[Bob In PA]

Interesting how he has incentives to increase his income as it's directly related to his performance yet when he hasn't performed to these levels, it's someone else's fault.

Ed: NFL football will never cease to be a team game, but you've made a good point. Bob

[MightyGiants]

Interesting how he has incentives to increase his income as it's directly related to his performance yet when he hasn't performed to these levels, it's someone else's fault.

What wasn't noticed by most is that this contract is a leap of faith for both sides.   The Giants side has faith that Jones will continue to improve, while Jones has faith that Schoen and company will continue to improve the cast around him.

[True Blue]

I am perfectly fine with these incentives

Hopefully he hits them, no reason at all that he should be able to hit most of those second tiers of incentives.

25 Pass TDs, 3800 Pass Yards, with 575 rush yards and a single rush TD with his legs, those incentives are very fair, very doable, and a reasonable expectation from him as far as his production. Although I would hope he does a few more than 26 total TDs, the outlined stats would be a acceptable level of improvement

[Ed Vette]

What wasn't noticed by most is that this contract is a leap of faith for both sides.   The Giants side has faith that Jones will continue to improve, while Jones has faith that Schoen and company will continue to improve the cast around him.

If they had faith, they wouldn't have put it in. He'll hit some of those incentives over four years if he's still with the Giants but it's not $35 MM a year. It's potentially 8.75 MM a year. I'll be thrilled if they win at least one SB over 4 years. 

There's $1.250 million that he will absolutely hit this year and they kicked the can on that cap hit.