NFL Week 18 Contract Incentives: List Of NFL Player Incentives By Team

Betting on NFL contract incentives and milestones – it’s an annual Week 18 tradition. Whether you're betting, playing NFL DFS or if you still have your fantasy football championships, these player incentives are real – and can have real life implications.
Don’t believe me? Here is a clip of the Steelers throwing a pass to Antonio Brown to keep a streak he had alive going when they could have taken a knee to end the game:
NFL Players With Contract Incentives (Week 18)
Now, not everyone cares. The Philadelphia Eagles are going to rest their starters rather than letting Saquon Barkley chase Eric Dickerson’s rushing record. But the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing to win and Mike Evans has $3 million on the line if he just has a “normal game” by his standards.
So, some of them certainly will be in play. Here are some NFL incentives, records and milestones to keep an eye on going into Week 18!
Arizona Cardinals
Kyler Murray
- $750,000 with 50+ rushing yards and a rushing touchdown to hit 600 yards and 6 TDs
Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Henry
- $500,000 with a rushing TD this week (15 total)
- **The is some debate about whether this is total TDs or just rushing but he has 16 total, 14 rushing**
Justice Hill
- $250,000 with 8 receptions to hit 50
- $250,000 with 117 rushing yards to hit 500
Denver Broncos
Courtland Sutton
- $500,000 with 82 receiving yards to hit 1,065
Houston Texans
Joe Mixon
- $250,000 with 107+ rushing yards to hit 1,100
Kansas City Chiefs
DeAndre Hopkins
- $250,000 with 9 catches this week to hit 65
- $250,000 with 140 rec yards to hit 750
Las Vegas Raiders
Brock Bowers
- Bowers currently holds the record for receptions for a rookie with 108. Malik Nabers is right behind him, however, with 104.
Los Angeles Chargers
J.K. Dobbins
- $150K with 68 rush yards to hit 900
New Orleans Saints
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
- $250,000 if he catches a touchdown to hit 5 total
New York Giants
Malik Nabers
- As we mentioned above, Brock Bowers currently holds the record for rookie receptions with 108. Nabers has 104 and could try to overtake him.
New York Jets
Tyler Conklin
- Tyler Conklin has been banged up and is questionable fore this game but he needs 1 catch to hit a $250,000 bonus.
Philadelphia Eagles
Saquon Barkley
- Needs 101 rushing yards for most in a season (2,105)
- **Reports are that Barkley and the starters will sit**
Seattle Seahawks
Geno Smith
- $2 million each for surpassing career highs
- Pass yards (needs 186)
- Maintain 70.2% completion percentage
- 10 wins or playoffs (1 more win)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mike Evans
- $3,000,000 bonus for 70+ catches, 1,000+ yards, and 10+ TDs
- Needs 5 catches for 85 yards, he already has 10+ TDs
- Needs 85 yards for 11th straight 1,000-yard season
- $666,000 if he remains top 10 in receiving touchdowns
Baker Mayfield
- Each worth $500,000 (currently set to hit all of them). He needs to finish top 10 in the NFL or top 5 in NFC in the following:
- Passer rating (4th in NFL)
- Touchdown passes (2nd)
- Passing yards (2nd)
- Completion percentage (2nd)
- Yards per pass attempt (5th)
Tennessee Titans
Tony Pollard
- $250K with 83 rushing yards this week to hit 1,100
- $200K with 2 touchdowns to hit 7
Washington Commanders
Zach Ertz
- $250,000 with 9 catches to hit 70
- $250,000 with 90 yards to hit 700
- $250,000 with 2 TDs to hit 8
Week 18 NFL Incentives: Player Milestones
1,000 Rushing Yards
- James Cook: 981 yards
- D'Andre Swift: 894 yards
- Jayden Daniels: 864 yards
- J.K. Dobbins: 842 yards
1,000 Receiving Yards
- Davante Adams: 975 yards
- Nico Collins: 968 yards
- Jameson Williams: 967 yards
- Calvin Ridley: 941 yards
- Tyreek Hill: 939 yards
- DK Metcalf: 939 yards
- Jauan Jennings: 923 yards
- Mike Evans: 915 yards
- Jakobi Meyers: 904 yards
- George Pickens: 900 yards
- DJ Moore: 880 yards
- Jordan Addison: 875 yards
- Tee Higgins: 858 yards
Player News
Chiefs signed fourth-round WR Jalen Royals to a four-year contract.
Royals doesn’t have an obvious and open spot in the receiving corps to build short-term fantasy value with Xavier Worthy, Hollywood Brown, and Rashee Rice operating in the opening 11-personnel package. He may or may not play his way into WR4 duties depending on how the team feels about JuJu Smith-Schuster. Royals has plenty of talent and Brown is on a one-year deal, so there is a future where Royals is more than a bit player for the Chiefs. It likely won’t happen in his first season without injuries in front of him.
Matthew Judon said he “probably” won’t return to the Falcons in 2025.
The Falcons, of course, drafted both Jalon Walker and James Pearce in the first round. In an exclusive interview with CardPlayer.com — not to be confused with our PokerNews.com James Cook scoop a few days ago — Judon said that his sack total was down because “I dropped (into coverage) on 60 percent of the plays. It’s hard to get a pick and a sack on the same play.” Judon also told Kyle Odegard that “a couple” teams had expressed interest in him but he was in no rush to sign.
Jets released P Thomas Morstead.
Austin McNamara and Kai Kroeger will compete for the Jets punter job this year. The 39-year-old former Saint was the league’s oldest punter last season. If he wants to keep punting, he can absolutely join the tryout circuit or a competition elsewhere. But this is probably a sign that the Morstead’s 16-year career is close to an end at this point.
Lions offensive coordinator John Morton said it’s “going to be a breakout year” for Jameson Williams.
Morton said he’d never “been around someone that fast,” then quickly corrected himself to note that Jhamyr Gibbs is also that fast. Williams came on strong last year with a 58/1001/7 receiving line, but offensive coordinator praise could mean even more targets are coming. It would likely come at the expense of Amon-Ra St. Brown’s production if Williams were to truly break out, though there’s plenty for St. Brown to give and still be a top-flight fantasy wideout. It’s risky to read too much into statements like this in the offseason, but the new offensive coordinator telling you he thinks it’ll be a breakout year for Williams is certainly noteworthy.
Free agent CB Rasul Douglas is visiting the Seahawks on Tuesday.
It’s been a slow offseason for the veteran corner after a rough year with the Bills where he finished with just a 51.6 PFF coverage grade. The Dolphins have reportedly been in contact with Douglas, but this is the first known visit for him. He’d likely fit as a depth piece in Seattle, perhaps one that pushes Josh Jobe for a starting job outside in a best-case scenario.
Jets signed fourth-round WR Arian Smith to a four-year contract.
The good news for Smith is that he has a lot of depth chart runway. Garrett Wilson is the obvious No. 1, but neither Josh Reynolds nor Allen Lazard qualifies as a locked-in WR2 at this stage of their careers. Smith’s blazing speed has intrigued Aaron Glenn, who noted how fast he was in rookie minicamp over the weekend by simply noting “Arian has some juice.” The tough news is that as long as Justin Fields is the starter, it’s hard to believe he’ll be seeing many deep shots that aren’t schemed wide open. Still, Smith has some appeal in deeper leagues and could make an interesting dynasty stash.