Going into last week’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton needed 82 receiving yards to trigger a $500,000 bonus in his 2024 contract.
Sutton ended up hauling in five receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown in a 38-0 win, giving him an extra half-million in pay.
“[I was] trying to keep track of some of these bonuses,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said after the win. “Those are good problems. I think our guys met some of them. It’s hard to keep track of yards, catches are easy. Sutton needed 82 yards.
“Catches, though, when Emmanuel Sanders needed six or seven catches in New Orleans, he came up to me and I said, ‘Look, I already know why you’re here,’ I said, ‘You’ll have six catches before the end of the first quarter but you’re staying in the game,’ and I think he had like, nine or 10 catches. But yards are different, some of those things are different, and I want all of them to realize all those things they earned.”
Sutton wasn’t the only Bronco who earned a bonus on Sunday. By qualifying for the playoffs, every player on Denver’s roster earned an extra $49,500, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. If they beat the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs, Broncos players would earn another $54,500. And if they reach the AFC championship game, players would earn an additional $77,000.
It pays to reach the postseason.
