Two Bills players are set to make a lot more money in 2023
Two Buffalo Bills players are going to make more money than they originally thought in 2023 thanks to their respective starts to their careers. I'm talking about WR Gabe Davis and K Tyler Bass, who will be entering their fourth season in the NFL next September and they're about to make $2.6 million each in […]
Two Buffalo Bills players are going to make more money than they originally thought in 2023 thanks to their respective starts to their careers.
I'm talking about WR Gabe Davis and K Tyler Bass, who will be entering their fourth season in the NFL next September and they're about to make $2.6 million each in it instead of their originally scheduled $1.01 million.
Why? Because of the so-called "Proven Performance Escalators" included in every drafted player's contract.
These are mechanisms within contracts of players who were drafted outside of the first round that reward players for their play with a fourth-year salary escalator if they exceed certain playing time and playing quality (measured by Pro Bowl eligibility).
There are three levels to the Proven Performance Escalators (PPE) and both Davis and Bass of the Bills reached level one, which earns them the $2.6M figure mentioned above. Such a raise is arrived at because it's the equivalent of the "right of first refusal" tender teams can use on restricted free agents.
This is how Over The Cap explains them:
- A second-round pick must average 60% of offensive or defensive snaps over his first three years.
- A 3rd to 7th rounder must average 35% of offensive and defensive snaps (In Bass' case, it's special teams since he's a specialist).
Bills' starters Tyler Bass (sixth-rounder) and Gabe Davis (fourth-rounder) both reached their respective snap count percentage and will earn more than double the salary they were expecting.
Next season, it'll be OL Spencer Brown and none other than S Damar Hamlin playing for these types of escalators for the Bills.
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