Comments on: Bears’ Tim Jennings bet on himself, earned $1 million pay raise

By: Reggie's Bush

Reggie's Bush — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:16:51 +0000

Pay for performance! Goodell suspend him ASAP!

By: britishraven

britishraven — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:51:43 +0000

Incentives are already in a lot (if not all) contracts via the Likely to be earned and not likely to be earned language. Whilst it’s great for Jennings that this deal worked out theres no way you can build a team solely on these type of deals because if you have one good year and everyone gets extra money then you have to cut everyone as you’ll blow the cap + do you really want a scenario where people are trying to steal stats from each other (tackles/sacks) in order to get paid?

By: badintent

badintent — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:14:52 +0000

somewhere Brandon Jacobs is driving his fastass car and saying,” I didnt get no touches so I got busted. Broke and doing Shark Tank.But I can hock my SB Giant rings for $$$$ and drive my fastass car.

By: bowmanj35

bowmanj35 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:22:57 +0000

It sure would be nice if more contracts were set up this way. the only issue being some offensive guys numbers would be crap behind a junk o-line. I guess you could throw in that peppers and the d-line probably contributed to some errant passes by opposing qb though.

By: kabasaman

kabasaman — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:20:22 +0000

Incentives should be in all contracts.

By: thraiderskin

thraiderskin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:07:15 +0000

That is awesome… way to go Jennings.

By: joewilliesshnoz

joewilliesshnoz — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:37:22 +0000

’bout time a contract worked out right, for both sides.

By: huskersrock1

huskersrock1 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:31:14 +0000

This is the kind of player you offer a three year six mil deal to. Tempt him with more dollars now for more years during his prime.

By: jtdapit50

jtdapit50 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:14:18 +0000

it would be interesting to see exactly what earned him the extra mill.

Also, its funny when you put pay for performance into contracts its totally legal, but do it without the NFLs consent and it gets turned into a bounty scandal.

By: golforepar

golforepar — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:56:03 +0000

Who wouldnt work hard for a year for an “extra mil”?

By: rextraordinaire

rextraordinaire — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:37:35 +0000

Well he certainly earned it. I was pretty pissed he went largely unchallenged for the starting spot last offseason. They picked up 2 bum CBs in the 6th and 7th rounds (neither of whom are still on the team) and a free agent who was only signed for the sake of depth.

I do believe his interception numbers will come back into the atmosphere this year, but I saw enough in him to believe that he was more than just lucky and has legitimately established himself as one of the better corners in the league.

Hanging out with Lovie and Charles Tillman for a few years tends to do that to a guy

By: butkusditka

butkusditka — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:29:40 +0000

@golforpar
Where does it say anything like that in this article. Takes some real hate to turn a guy-earns-a-raise-with-hard- work story into something negative

By: aldavisisthenfl

aldavisisthenfl — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:26:39 +0000

I wish Al could have done this with JaBustis……..

By: comebackid

comebackid — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:26:29 +0000

Play to earn. Would like to see more contracts done this way. Guy had a great year and that’s cheap considering top cb’s are asking 8-10m/year

By: golforepar

golforepar — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:22:44 +0000

I’m glad to read $ is more important to him than post season play!

By: packerman1968

packerman1968 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:12:10 +0000

sloppychimps says:
Feb 10, 2013 5:59 PM
He earned it. I’ve liked him in Chicago since day

No you did not. Bears fans were complaining about him since day one. Do not jump on the bandwagon now.

By: squinn21

squinn21 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:02:30 +0000

All contracts should be like this.

By: sloppychimps

sloppychimps — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:59:35 +0000

He earned it. I’ve liked him in Chicago since day 1.

By: LilTmac2003

LilTmac2003 — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:59:04 +0000

He really stepped up this season and I do like his approach.

“Let my game to the talking” couldn’t be implemented better than this.