Bucs superstar could earn additional $2.5 million with strong playoff showing

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are preparing to big the Washington Commanders successful the Wild Card circular of the playoffs this Sunday. It was a adjacent contention until the extremity and contempt being swept by the Atlanta Falcons earlier successful the season, the Bucs roared backmost with a 10-7 grounds to instrumentality the NFC South part crown.

They couldn't person done it without Baker Mayfield, who's been connected occurrence each year. Mayfield, who signed a three year, $100 million woody successful the offseason, deed vocation highs successful 2024. The erstwhile No.1 wide prime posted 4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns and 16 interceptions, each portion missing Mike Evans and Chris Godwin for aggregate weeks.

Now that Mayfield and the Bucs are looking to marque sound successful the playoffs, immoderate incentives volition beryllium successful store. Mayfield tin marque an further $2.5 cardinal if the Bucs spell connected to triumph the Super Bowl, arsenic Joel Corry of CBS Sports broke down here:

Mayfield has $2.5 cardinal of incentives tied to Tampa Bay's playoff success. Because Mayfield's regular-season playtime was astatine slightest 75% and Tampa Bay's league ranking improved from 2023 successful mean nett yards gained per rushing play portion being 27th oregon better, helium gets $500,000 for winning a wild-card playoff crippled with a minimum of 75% violative playtime successful the game. The Buccaneers went from past successful this class successful 2023 to 3rd this season. Mayfield's violative playtime was 98.34%. It's different $750,000 for winning a divisional playoff game. An NFC Championship crippled triumph is worthy an further $500,000. There's $750,000 much for winning the Super Bowl. The idiosyncratic violative playtime remains a request but the betterment successful mean nett yards gained per rushing play doesn't aft the wild-card playoff round.

To recap Mayfield's imaginable earnings: 

Wild Card circular - $500,000 with win, astatine slightest 27th successful mean nett yards gained per rushing play & minimum of 75% of violative playtime

Divisional circular - $750,000 with triumph & minimum of 75% of violative playtime

NFC Championship crippled - $500,000 with triumph & minimum of 75% of violative playtime

Super Bowl - $750,000 with triumph & minimum of 75% of violative playtime