Brian Winters, who replaced the injured Willie Colon and wound up starting 10 games last season for the New York Jets, will get a nice raise in 2016 -- about $1 million.
As part of the NFL's rookie wage scale, Winters' base salary (non-guaranteed) jumps to $1.696 million, the final year of his rookie contract. Previously, he was due to make $675,000.
There's a thing called the "proven performance escalator," which allows mid- to late-round draft choices to make more money if they play a lot. Specifically, a player receives the raise if he was drafted in the third to seventh round and participated in at least 35 percent of the offensive or defensive snaps in two of his first three seasons.