Onwenu & Runyan top 5 in performance incentives
Not a huge fan of The League but credit where credit is due: $336 million just distributed to players with a low base salary but high playing time. (link) $2 billion has now gone out this way in the program.
Michael Onwenu #4 (813k) and Jon Runyan #5 (790k) in added $ -- almost doubling their salaries!
Also of note: DPJ #11--and everyone's favorite guy Damar Hamlin at #21! (FYI his recovery continues apace and it seems he has just one more medical hoop to jump through before he will be allowed to continue his career.)
March 18th, 2023 at 10:39 AM ^
I asked Nick Baumgardner a related question on Twitter recently: Why are UofM linemen so criminally underated in the draft process, especially when compared to a school like Iowa? Everyone was losing their sh** over the tiny Iowa center last year. Meanwhile, they're talking about Olu in the 4th this year.
March 18th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
Linderbaum? I would pick a different ox to gore. He is really really good.
March 18th, 2023 at 12:31 PM ^
I wasn't trying to downgrade him. Just wondering why a Remington/Joe Moore winner on a CFP team wasn't getting the same love.
March 18th, 2023 at 12:15 PM ^
I thought you were going to state his answer. Did you get an answer?
March 18th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^
He basically said Olu and others were valued properly.
What's the knock on Olu? He seems agile, big and smart. Is he not optimally strong or does he have length measurable problems or something
March 18th, 2023 at 10:41 AM ^
Runyan's career arc from Brian (correctly) calling him the worst player he's ever watched to established NFL starter is extremely impressive.
March 18th, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^
Is this program different from the incentives that are negotiated into a individual player's contract?
March 18th, 2023 at 12:01 PM ^
It would appear so.
Yes very much so; these do not count at all towards salary cap.
March 18th, 2023 at 11:49 AM ^
Lot of Wolverine gems in the 6th round that year.
Were you seriously asking Nick Baumgardner a question expecting an intelligent response? Or were you just baiting him to reveal his lack of knowledge regarding anything football related?