NFL contract incentives tracker: How Aaron Rodgers, Baker Mayfield, and more can earn big bonuses in Week 17

As the NFL regular season winds down, many players are playing for more than just postseason appearances.

Many players have incentives in their contracts that allow them to make bonuses based off of individual performances or team success. While these incentives typically become more clear by Week 18, a handful of players can make their bonuses this week if they are already able to hit certain benchmarks.

For some of these incentives, the players have to wait and see where they end up on the NFL leaderboards at the end of the year. However, some big names can potentially avoid sweating out these incentives in the final week of the regular season by securing the money this week.

Here's a look at some of the biggest incentives at stake this week.

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NFL contract incentives tracker

Thursday, Dec. 25

1 p.m.: Washington Commanders vs. Dallas Cowboys

• Commanders receiver Deebo Samuel entered Week 17 eligible for the following incentives:
  • $250,000 for 700 receiving yards
  • $450,000 for 800 receiving yards
  • $650,000 for 900 receiving yards
  • $250,000 for 60 receptions
  • $450,000 for 70 receptions
  • $650,000 for 80 receptions
  • $250,000 for 8 TDs
  • $375,000 for 9 TDs
• Samuel produced two catches for 68 yards on Thursday, getting him to 70 catches, 707 yards and six touchdowns on the year and helping him earn $700,000 in incentives.

1 p.m.: New England Patriots vs. New York Jets

• Patriots RT Morgan Moses can earn $1.5 million for playing 90 percent of the snaps this seasons, which he can pass during Sunday's game against the Jets.

Saturday, Dec. 27

4:30 p.m.: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans:

• Chargers receiver Keenan Allen has already made a host of incentives worth over $1 million for his performance this season, but still could hit the following benchmarks:
  • $250,000 for 740 receiving yards
  • $250,000 for 875 receiving yarsd
• With one catch for 17 yards on Saturday, Allen now has 741 receiving yards on the season. 

Sunday, Dec. 28

1 p.m.: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns

• Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers can earn $500,000 extra for clinching a playoff spot, with incentives increasing for each playoff victory.

1 p.m.: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Miami Dolphins

• Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield will earn $500,000 each for finishing in the top 10 in the NFL or top five in the NFC in any of these categories: passer rating, touchdown passes, passing yards, completion percentage and yards per pass. Mayfield's best shot at these incentives are for touchdown passes, where he's currently 11th in the NFL, and passing yards, where he's 13th in the NFL and 7th in the NFC.
• Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb can earn a host of incentives in the final two weeks. He's already earned $1.225 million for producing at least six sacks, as he has 6.5 this year, and he can earn $900,000 extra by getting to eight sacks. Chubb can also earn playing time incentives of $1.225 million at 60 percent and $900,000 each at 65 percent, 70 percent, 75 percent and 78 percent. He is currently at 71 percent playing time.

1 p.m.: Seattle Seahawks vs. Carolina Panthers

• Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has several incentives in play in the final two weeks, including:
  • $500,000 for a passer rating of at least 100.0 (currently 100.6)
  • $500,000 for at least 28 passing touchdowns (currently 24)

4:25 p.m.: Buffalo Bills vs. Philadelphia Eagles

• Bills pass rusher Joey Bosa needs one sack to earn an extra $250,000 and three sacks to earn an extra $750,000. Bosa can also earn $1 million by playing 65 percent of the snaps, and he is currently at $64.9 percent.

NFL Week 17 contract incentive tracker

Here's a breakdown of the incentive benchmarks that players can hit this week, with bolded players securing the incentives.