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Chris Hogan Jerseys 2019 , Elandon Roberts receive a significant pay raise in 2019New,8commentsThe youngsters are awarded for their steady
play.ESTShareTweetShareSharePatriots’ Joe Thuney, Elandon Roberts receive a
significant pay raise in 2019Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY SportsDuring the
negotiations for the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NFL and the NFL
Players Association agreed on the establishment of a performance-based pool
intended to specifically benefit players on low-level rookie contracts.
Basically, it works like this: if a player was drafted in the third round or
later, he is eligible to be awarded an increased salary in the final year of his
deal through so-called proven performance escalators.With only two players from
the 2016 draft remaining on the New England Patriots’ roster on their respective
rookie deals, the world champions’ list of potential benefactors under the
performance-based system is rather short: only starting left guard Joe Thuney
and rotational linebacker Elandon Roberts are eligible. However, both of them
have met the requirements needed in order to qualify for the pay raise.Thuney,
who was drafted in the third round by the Patriots, has been a day-one starter
and iron man for the club: after playing 99.6% of New England’s regular season
snaps in 2016 and 99.5% one year later
White Eric Rowe Jerseys , the N.C. State product was on the field for 100% during the 2018 campaign. In general, Thuney has missed just 12 of a possible 3,841
snaps over his three-year career so far, and was on the field for 99.7% of all
available offensive action — including postseason.Roberts’ exposure was not on
the same level, but the 214th overall pick of the 2016 draft still proved to be
a valuable member of the club’s defensive operation. Roberts played 26.0% of New
England’s defensive snaps during his rookie season, and improved the number to
52.7% and 41.5% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The third linebacker behind
Dont’a Hightower and Kyle Van Noy, Roberts has carved out a niche for himself on
the Patriots’ roster.Given their playing time over the last three seasons, both
Thuney and Roberts meet the requirements to be awarded under the proven
performance escalator system: they participated in a minimum of 35% of the
team’s offensive or defensive plays in any of the previous three regular
seasons, and their cumulative average over the last three years also extends
beyond the 35% barrier. A player needs to meet at least one of the two in order
to see his salary increase.As a result
Eric Rowe Jerseys 2019 , Thuney’s salary jumps from $720,000 to $1.995 million; Roberts’ increases even more, from $720,000 to $2,025,000 (via the Boston Sports
Journal’s Miguel Benzan) — a significant raise for two players on the verge of
cashing in next year: after all, the two youngsters are scheduled to hit
unrestricted free agency one year from now and should receive considerable
second contracts either in New England or somewhere else. “I’m a fast cook, I
guess.”That’s one of the best lines from one of Bill Belichick’s favorite
movies, when Vincent LaGuardia Gambini a/k/a Jerry Gallo a/k/a Jerry Callo
scored points in the cross examination of a witnessed the aftermath of a murder
while making his grits. Belichick’s quarterback applied an inadvertent twist to
that like on Friday, when asked by reporters about his exit from the injury
report
White LaAdrian Waddle Jerseys , a day after being listed as limited with a shoulder injury.“I’m a quick healer,” Brady said.“I’m not hurt. I feel good,”
he added. “I’m off the injury report yesterday. . . . Yeah, I feel pretty good.
Thank you.”Brady has popped up from time to time on the injury report this year,
and he hasn’t missed a game due to injury in more than a decade, when he
suffered a Week One torn ACL in 2008. Regardless of whether his durability comes
from pliability, he has shown the ability to suit up and play, each and every
week of each and every year since 2009.
