As the 2025 NFL regular season enters its final week, the prospects for the playoffs are becoming increasingly clear, with most teams already eliminated. For many teams, Week 18 is nothing to play for but pride and could ruin their opponent’s chances of winning the Super Bowl. But for many individual players, there’s still a lot of incentive in the form of contracts to reach certain milestones.
From sacks to catches, yards and even team rankings, multiple players will compete for prizes that can reach millions of dollars in the final week of the season. A significant number of players may receive a generous holiday bonus at the end of Week 18 for reaching milestones specified in their contracts.
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Arizona Cardinals DL Calais Campbell: Needs two sacks to earn the $500,000 bonus of 7.5 sacks. After recording a sack on Sunday, he is now one shy of one.
Carolina Panthers RB Rico Dowdle: Entering Week 17, he needed 70 kickoff yards to earn the $1 million bonus and had 1,350 total yards. He had 63 yards on Sunday’s kickoff, seven yards shy of Dowdell.
Jacksonville Jaguars DL Arik Armstead: Needs 1.5 sacks to reach 7 points and earn $1 million bonus.
Kansas City Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown: It only takes one touchdown to get a $750,000 bonus for six touchdowns, and three touchdowns are needed to get a $1 million bonus for eight touchdowns this season.
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Los Angeles Chargers WR Keenan Allen: Reached 80 catches this season, still six catches shy of earning an additional $750,000 in bonuses.
Miami Dolphins LB Bradley Chubb, LB Jordyn Brooks, CB Rasul Douglas: Bradley Chubb earned several awards in Week 17, but he won’t be able to claim them unless the Dolphins’ defense ranks among the top 20 in the NFL. Chubb has received more than $3 million in tackle bonuses, more than $2 million in sack bonuses, and an additional $900,000 in bonuses for breaking the eight-sack milestone this season. Linebacker Jordyn Brooks and cornerback Rasul Douglas are in the same boat as Bradley, having reached certain bonuses but needing a top-20 defense to collect.
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Miami currently ranks 21st in defense in the league, behind No. 20 Atlanta.
New England Patriots WR Stefon Diggs: Entering Week 17, needing 131 yards to reach the $500,000 bonus for 1,000 yards and four catches to reach the other $500,000 bonus for 80 catches. He had six catches for 101 yards on Sunday, just 30 yards shy of two awards.
New England Patriots edge Klavon Chaisson: Just half a bag away from seven players claiming the $500,000 prize, the tournament is 35 percent complete.
Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley: Reach 1,500 all-purpose yards this season to earn a $250,000 bonus. With one game left, Barkley currently has 1,413 total yards and needs 87 yards in Week 18 to reach that milestone.
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold: Not far off from a $2 million bonus when reaching milestones such as passing touchdowns (28), passing yards (4,000), completion percentage (67.5) and passer rating (100).
Entering Week 18, Darnold needs three touchdown passes, 150 passing yards, a 0.3 improvement in completion percentage and a 0.8 improvement in passer rating to achieve those bonuses.
Washington Commander WR Deebo Samuel: Needs 93 receiving yards to reach 800 yards for the $450,000 bonus and needs two touchdowns to score eight touchdowns for the $250,000 bonus.
Washington Commander OLB Von Miller: Requires 1 sack to earn $1M bonus for 9 man.
