Defensive end Stephen Weatherly accepted a $500,000 pay cut recently to stay with the Vikings this season, but he can make half of that back with just two sacks, a league source told the Star Tribune.
Source: Vikings defensive end Stephen Weatherly takes pay cut, adds sack incentives
Weatherly will earn a $1.5 million salary this season, which is $500,000 less than he re-signed for this spring. But he has a chance to make up the money via sack incentives.
September 9, 2021 at 4:44PM
Weatherly is now set to earn a $1.5 million salary, down from the $2 million he re-signed for during free agency this spring. The team approached him about a pay reduction after he lost the competition for a starting job to defensive end D.J. Wonnum, and after the Vikings re-signed defensive end Everson Griffen for more pass rush.
Weatherly is still on a one-year deal, which will now pay him $250,000 for reaching two sacks. That bonus goes up to $1 million if he reaches eight sacks. He'll play a rotational role on the defensive line behind Wonnum and Danielle Hunter.
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