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Chiefs’ L’Jarius Sneed, Mike Danna set to receive performance-based raises in 2023

#Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed and DE Mike Danna will each receive over $1.5 million in performance-based pay increases in 2023.

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A pair of 2020 NFL draft picks for the Kansas City Chiefs are set to receive performance-based pay increases in the final year of their rookie contracts.

Both L’Jarius Sneed and Mike Danna qualified for the league’s proven performance escalator (PPE), according to Over the Cap. What exactly does that mean? Well, when the league and NFLPA agreed to the new CBA back in 2020, they included these new performance-based incentives, which act as a fourth-year salary escalator for players who were not drafted in the first round.

There are three different levels of PPE that players can qualify for. Both Sneed and Danna qualified at “Level One”, which means their playtime percentage in their first three seasons in the NFL was enough to qualify (35% for players drafted in rounds 3-7). Instead of their original base salary, both Sneed and Danna will earn a base salary equivalent to the NFL’s Right of First Refusal (ROFR) RFA tender in 2023. This year, that specific tender amount was $2.627 million.

As a former fourth-round draft pick, Sneed was originally slated to earn a $1.168 million contract in 2023. Now, he’ll earn just over $2.9 million in 2023.

As a former fifth-round draft pick, Danna was originally slated to earn a $1.075 million contract in 2023. Now, he’ll earn just over $2.8 million in 2023.

It’s certainly not a bad pay bump for both players, who each have made a big impact over the course of the past three seasons. As for how this impacts the team’s salary cap space, these performance-based increases aren’t exactly a surprise. Teams have been planning and preparing for these possibilities since the new CBA was introduced. These numbers were already factored into the latest projections, which rank the Chiefs with the least amount of salary cap space in the NFL.

Kansas City will have to prepare itself for double the performance-based payout in 2024. A things currently stand, four players from the 2021 NFL draft class are tracking to earn those pay escalators themselves.

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3 Seattle Seahawks set to earn performance raises in Year 4

Shaquill Griffin, Chris Carson and Tedric Thompson are all set to receive salary increases to $2.147 million dollars for the 2020 season.

Three Seattle Seahawks – cornerback Shaquill Griffin, running back Chris Carson and safety Tedric Thompson – will earn a hefty raise heading into the 2020 season.

Per the NFL’s proven performance escalator, the trio’s base salary will increase to $2.147 million dollars, up from $767,000 for Griffin and $735,000 for each Carson and Thompson.

The PPE kicks in for any player entering the fourth year of their contract who was drafted between rounds three and seven and who played in 35 percent of the team’s offensive or defensive snaps in two of the last three years, or 35 percent of the team’s total snaps across the same period.

Carson suffered a season-ending injury in Week 16 but rushed for 1,230 yards and seven touchdowns last year, more than proving his worth as a former seventh round pick.

Griffin made his first Pro Bowl appearance on the heels of an excellent season, where he finished third in the league with 14 pass breakups.

Thompson began the year as the team’s starting free safety, but struggled mightily in the role before going on the injured reserve in late October with a shoulder injury.

The salary bump is non-guaranteed, which won’t be an issue for Carson or Griffin but could be for Thompson, who is not expected to be a starter next season and could be a cut-candidate in order to save the Seahawks a little over $2 million dollars in cap space.

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