Tom Brady wanted to make sure a longtime teammate got his money.In
Jaylon Smith Jersey the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers' matchup Sunday against the Panthers, Brady was seen on the Tampa Bay sideline telling the coaching staff that he was not coming out of the game. Instead, he went back in and immediately found Rob Gronkowski for a 7-yard completion. The pa s helped Gronkowski hit his second $500,000 contract incentive of the game, meaning that the veteran tight end would collect $1 million total for his season stats.With his teammate's milestones reached and Tampa Bay ahead by 14 points with le s than seven minutes remaining, Brady left the game to begin resting for the Buccaneers' playoff run. Tampa Bay eventually won 41-17 to secure the NFC's No. 2 seed.Tom Brady didn't want to get out of the game until he got Rob Gronkowski one more reception for a $500K incentive. Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) MORE: , Gronkowski needed to finish the season with
DeMarcus Ware Jersey 55 receptions and 750 receiving yards to earn $500,000 for each milestone. The site also said he needed nine touchdowns to pick up another $500,000, but he finished the regular season with only six.Gronkowski came into Sunday's game with 48 receptions and 665 receiving yards, meaning he needed 85 yards and seven receptions against Carolina. At the time of the fourth-quarter pa s, he had 130 receiving yardsbut only six receptions.MORE: This isn't the first time Brady has helped a teammate reach incentives. Last season, he threw three shovel
Alfred Morris Jersey pa ses to Antonio Brown to give the wide receiver 45 receptions for the season, meeting an incentive that paid him $250,000, .this season when he was released by the team after leaving Tampa Bay's Week 17 game early. He needed eight catches, 55 receiving yards and a touchdown to reach 50 receptions, 600 yards andfive touchdowns, with each incentive worth $333,333.MORE: Brady himself could be in line for a
Dallas Cowboys Kids Jersey nice payday in incentives. , he could have made $562,500 each for finishing in the top five in pa ser rating, touchdown pa ses (or more than 25), pa sing yards, completion percentage and yards per attempt, all with the condition that the team rankat least 25th in rushing per attempt (it ranked 16th).Brady mi sed on pa ser rating, completion percentage and yards
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