On Friday afternoon, MMQB’s Albert Breer reported the details of Tom Brady’s new $5 million incentive supplement for 2018.
Source: Patriots QB Tom Brady’s revised deal has five $1M triggers for '18 ...
* Top 5 in QB rating
* Top 5 in completion %
* Top 5 in yds/att
* Top 5 in TD passes
* Top 5 pass yds
Each incentive becomes $2M if Pats win SB LIII; capped at $5M. (Min: 224 att's, 70% play time)— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 10, 2018Tom Brady was a top-5 player in each of those quarterbacking categories in 2017, meaning that the full $5 million will be classified as “likely to be earned” and count against the team’s 2018 cap figure.