Salary Increases (TD, JStew, and BRAYTON?!?)

[hdevonxz]

Charles Chandler, of the Charlotte Observer, reports Carolina Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart's 2009 base salary will increase from $1.74 million to $2.74 million because he accomplished an achievement last season, which triggered an escalator in his contract.

Charles Chandler, of the Charlotte Observer, reports Carolina Panthers LB Thomas Davis' 2009 base salary will increase from $700,000 to $2.2 million because he accomplished an achievement last season, which triggered an escalator in his contract.

Charles Chandler, of the Charlotte Observer, reports Carolina Panthers DE Tyler Brayton's 2009 base salary will increase from $1.8 million to $2.1 million because he accomplished an achievement last season, which triggered an escalator in his contract.

I wonder what achievement Brayton accomplished?

[frash.exe]

Charles Chandler, of the Charlotte Observer, reports Carolina Panthers DE Tyler Brayton's 2009 base salary will increase from $1.8 million to $2.1 million because he accomplished an achievement last season, which triggered an escalator in his contract.

I wonder what achievement Brayton accomplished?

maybe it was getting 4 sacks instead of 3?

[SCpanther]

I wonder what achievement Brayton accomplished?

If I had to guess, I would say it was starting all 16 games.

[PowerlessDan]

Or perhaps number of starts.

[replive]

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/9086-diggs-restructured-3-others-get-increases.html

[jramsey4]

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/9086-diggs-restructured-3-others-get-increases.html

The specific's of the increases were not discussed in that thread though.

[Cardiac Cats86]

If I had to guess, I would say it was starting all 16 games.

Agreed. Or maybe tackles.

[rayzor]

If I had to guess, I would say it was starting all 16 games.

this would be a huge part of it.

incentives are a great thing in contracts. all should have them. cut out the guarantees and add giant bonuses for actually doing something.

[jramsey4]

this would be a huge part of it.

incentives are a great thing in contracts. all should have them. cut out the guarantees and add giant bonuses for actually doing something.

Agreed.

[hdevonxz]

Do their new salaries affect the salary cap?

[tattoorhino]

Maybe because his name was called more in the playoffs than Peppers was, or any other game that mattered.

[ChucktownK]

Do their new salaries affect the salary cap?

Bonuses do not. That's why when players perform and get these bonuses everybody wins.

[panthers55]

Brayton earned $300,000 in escalators, the maximum his contract allowed, to increase his '09 base pay from $1.8 million to $2.1 million. He started all 16 games last season, totalling a career-high 4 1/2 sacks and 59 tackles, just two shy of the career high he set as a rookie with Oakland in 2003.

Given that people didn't even know who he was when he came here, I think he had a great year. If he took this offseason to work on his strength and agility he could be even better this year. He and Kemo anchored the left side against the run. With Johnson they combined for 10 1/2 sacks. A very good combination.

[BlindSite]

Brayton was good this year, made plays when we needed and was a force in the run game, we needed more depth at DT.