Contract Incentives and Milestones

WEEK 18 CONTRACT INCENTIVES

🔹 High-Probability / Low Threshold

1. Rico Dowdle

   • Needs 7 scrimmage yards to earn $1M (1,350 total)

   • Needs 1 TD to earn $250K → Extremely likely to clear at least one, possibly both.

     
     

2. Nick Chubb

   • Needs 94 rushing yards for $250K (600 total) → Browns opponent (Texans) in must-win spot; workload risk exists.

     
     

3. Hollywood Brown

   • Needs 102 receiving yards for $625K

   • Needs 1 TD for $750K (2 TDs = +$1M total) → Clear incentive-based ceiling outcome.

🔹 Chargers (Heavy Rest Risk)

4. Keenan Allen

   • Needs 6 catches for $750K

   • Needs 9 yards for $250K

   • Needs 2 TDs for $250K → Incentives are close, but Week 18 rest risk is very real.

🔹 Titans / Patriots / Bills Starters (Likely Playing)

5. Stefon Diggs

   • Needs 8 catches for $500K

   • Needs 30 yards for $500K (130 = +$1M total) → Mike Vrabel has said starters will play.

     
     

6. Hunter Henry

   • Needs 5 catches for $250K → Patriots expected to play starters.

     
     

7. Kendrick Bourne

   • Needs 8 catches for $500K

   • Needs 49 yards for $250K

🔹 Bills (Rest Lean, But Incentives Exist)

8. Dawson Knox

   • Needs 6 catches, 7 yards, or 1 TD

   • Each worth $100K

     
     

9. Ty Johnson

   • Needs 57 receiving yards for $125K

   • Needs 2 TDs for $250K

   
   

🔹 Must-Win / High-Leverage Games

10. Sam Darnold

    • Needs 150 passing yards for $500K

    • Needs 3 TD passes for $500K → Seahawks playing for the division.

11. Deebo Samuel

    • Needs 10 catches for $650K

    • Needs 93 yards for $450K

    
    

12. Jauan Jennings

    • Needs 9 catches for $666,667 (Clarified as a 2024 escalator, not 2025 incentive)

11. Jordan Mason

    • Needs 136 rushing yards for $200K → Status uncertain after missing Week 17.

🔹 Longer-Shot / Low DFS Relevance

14. Tony Pollard – 66 rush yards / 2 TDs

    
    

15. Josh Oliver – 2 TDs

    
    

16. Adam Trautman – 5 catches

    
    

17. Kareem Hunt – 31 scrimmage yards

    
    

18. Samaje Perine – 160 rushing yards

    
    

19. Sterling Shepard – 1 catch / 29 yards (healthy scratch risk)

WEEK 18 STATISTICAL MILESTONES

1. Bijan Robinson

   • Needs 255 scrimmage yards to break Chris Johnson’s all-time record (2,509)

     
     

2. Christian McCaffrey

   • Needs 110 receiving yards for 1,000/1,000 season

   • 159 yards breaks Marshall Faulk’s RB receiving record

     
     

3. Tetairoa McMillan

   • Needs 80 yards to break Panthers rookie record (Kelvin Benjamin)

     
     

4. Justin Jefferson vs. CeeDee Lamb

   • Battling for most catches in first six seasons (already passed Jarvis Landry)

     
     

5. CeeDee Lamb

   • Needs 48 yards to pass Dez Bryant for 5th in franchise history

     
     

6. Justin Jefferson

   • Needs 53 yards for 1,000 (six straight seasons)

     
     

7. Trey McBride

   • Needs 32 yards to set franchise TE record (Jackie Smith – 1,205)

     
     

8. Cam Ward

   • Needs 222 passing yards to break rookie franchise record (Warren Moon)

     
     

9. Caleb Williams

   • Needs 109 yards to set franchise single-season record

   • 270 yards = first 4,000-yard passer in team history

   
   

10. Ashton Jeanty

    • Needs 112 rushing yards for 1,000

    • Pete Carroll publicly acknowledged chasing it

      
      

11. James Cook

    • Currently leads NFL in rushing

    • Sean McDermott confirmed awareness of rushing-title pursuit