{"id":39673,"date":"2025-12-13T23:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39673"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:41:59","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-incentive-tracker-which-players-can-earn-extra-money-over-the-final-4-weeks-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39673","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals Incentive Tracker: Which Players Can Earn Extra Money Over the Final 4 Weeks of the Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-player-type=\"mini\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5374,h_3022\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_bengals%2F01kccxcd5ax09nbkvjh5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\"><strong>CINCINNATI<\/strong> \u2013 With four games remaining in the regular season, a few Cincinnati Bengals have more than just their slim playoff hopes to play for during the final month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Contract incentives will be kicking in across the league, earning players some extra holiday cash.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Here are the Bengals to track the next four weeks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Incentive schedules are from overthecap.com and spotrac.com.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\"><strong>Joseph Ossai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">The defensive end could be the first to collect.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">As part of the one-year, $6.5 million contract he signed in March, Ossai can make $250,000 if he records six sacks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Ossai has five going into Sunday\u2019s home game against the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">He will earn another $250,000 if he gets to eight sacks, and $250,000 more if he gets to 10.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">Ossai had a career-high five sacks in 2024, and he\u2019s tied that total this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">He had two sacks against the Ravens on Thanksgiving night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\"><strong>Joe Burrow <\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\">An AFC championship would net $500,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\">A Super Bowl title would add another $750,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\"><strong>Tee Higgins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\">If the Bengals win the AFC championship, he\u2019ll get an extra $1 million.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\">A Super Bowl title would kick in another $700,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\"><strong>Ja\u2019Marr Chase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\">It\u2019ll barley make a dent on his four-year, $161 million contract, but Chase will get an extra $250,000 if the Bengals win the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\"><strong>Trey Hendrickson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\">He could have earned an extra $1 million by playing 60 percent of the snaps and having the team reach the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\"><strong>\u00a0T.J. Slaton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-23\">The defensive tackle signed a two-year, $14.1 million contract in March that includes incentives for playing time thresholds.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-24\">Slaton can earn $250,000 if he plays 40 percent of the defensive snaps.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-25\">He will get another $250,000 if he gets to 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-26\">Slaton has played 482 snaps this season, which is 55 percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-27\">So as long as he stays healthy, he should cash in for an extra $500,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-28\"><strong>Geno Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-29\">As part of the renegotiated contract \u2013 aka pay cut \u2013 Stone agreed to in \u00a0May were escalators for interception totals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-30\">The veteran safety will earn an extra $250,000 if he records five interceptions, and he will get an additional $500,000 if he gets to six.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-31\">Stone has two interceptions this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-32\">He recorded four in 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-33\">Stone also has a $500,000 incentive for making the Pro Bowl, which is something he hasn\u2019t accomplished in his previous five seasons.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-34\">\u00a0Samaje Perine<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-35\">His two-year, $3.6 million contract includes an incentive for rushing yards.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-36\">He\u2019s got some work to do, but it\u2019s not completely out of the question.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-37\">Perine will make $100,000 if gets to 500 rushing yards. With 262 heading into Sunday, Perine needs 238 more \u2013 or an average of 59.5 per game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-38\">The running back has an either\/or provision, where he also could earn the $100,000 with 350 receiving yards. But he only has 52 this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-39\"><strong>Noah Fant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-40\">The tight end already has collected $250,000 for his three touchdown catches, adding value to the one-year, $2,750,000 contract his signed in the spring.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-41\">He can earn another $250,000 if he gets to six TD receptions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-42\">Fant currently has three. His career-high is four.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-43\">There also are incentives for yards and receptions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-44\">Fant will earn $250,000 if he gets to 50 catches. He currently has 33.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-45\">He\u2019ll earn another $250,000 if he finishes with 60 receptions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-46\">Fant will earn an extra $250,000 if he records 501 receiving yards. He\u2019s at 283.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-47\">If he gets to 600 yards, it will trigger another $250,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-48\"><strong>Cam Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-49\">His oblique injury cost him any chance of cashing in on his incentives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-50\">He needed to play 50 percent of the snaps to earn an extra $150,000. He\u2019s only played 16 percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-51\">He also could have earned an extra $150,000 with six sacks. He\u2019s still looking for his first of the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-52\"><strong>Oren Burks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-53\">The linebacker needed to play 70 percent of the snaps to make an extra $250,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-54\">He\u2019s at 30.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-55\"><strong>Cody Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-56\">Playing 75 percent of the snaps would have resulted in an extra $500,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-57\">He\u2019s at 2.4 percent.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the team is still trying for the playoffs, several Bengals players are playing for contract incentives to kick in. 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