The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading into week 17 of the NFL season with a playoff birth already in hand. In their season finale against the Atlanta Falcons the Buccaneers will be playing to improve their playoff seeding. A win versus the Falcons means a 5th seed and playing the NFC East champion in the wild card round. A loss could mean playing a team like the Seattle Seahawks or the New Orleans Saints in the wild card round.
The playoff seeding isn’t the only thing on the line Sunday, well at least for two Buccaneers.
Buccaneers’ QB Tom Brady will cash in on a $562,500 incentive today if he remains in the Top 5 in the NFL in passing yards this season. Entering Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Falcons, Brady is fifth.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 3, 2021
Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers in the offseason looking to prove a few things. He’s done that and more. If the 6th round pick out of Michigan can finish in the top 5 in passing yards he will cash in on an incentive just north of half a million. Not bad for a system quarterback with a noodle arm and no long ball huh?
Bucs’ DT Ndamukong Suh collects $500,000 if Tampa’s defense can climb one spot in rankings of total defense in net yards today against Atlanta from the 6th slot to 5th. Suh has a half-million incentive if he plays over 65 percent and Tampa finishes in top five of D in net yards.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 3, 2021
Speaking of veterans who are “past their prime”, Ndamukong Suh has been proving that notion wrong for awhile now. Not always the biggest stat guy, Suh is a constant presence across the line of scrimmage. His disruptive force is part of the foundation of this defenses success. That’s why it’s so fitting that Suh’s incentive is based on the entire defenses performance.
