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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 600197" data-attributes="member: 10247">I'll take a stab at it.A likely to be earned (LTBE) incentive is an incentive that a player would have met the year before.  Take Randall Cobb for example.  If the Packers were to give him a contract with a 1 million dollar incentive if he catches 12 TD passes in 2015 that incentive would be considered LTBE since he caught 12 in 2014 and it would count against the 2015 salary cap.  If they make it a 1 million dollar incentive if he catches 15 TD passes in 2015 that would be considered and unlikely to be earned incentive (ULTBE) and would not count against the 2015 cap.  If he were to catch 15 TDs in 2015 and earn the 1 million it would be counted against the 2016 salary cap.  I think, but I'm not certain, if a player does not reach a LTBE incentive the team receives a cap credit the following year since it was counted in the current year but was not ultimately paid.That is one reason teams are not as keen on lots of incentives for cap management. A contract with lots of ULTBE incentives is probably not going to be accepted by the player and LTBE incentives count against the cap anyway so the team doesn't gain much.   Also, ULTBE incentives can leave the cap for future years up in the air.  Lets say you offer your RB 1 million dollars each if he A) leads the league in rushing yards. B) leads in rushing TDs. C) Leads the league in total yards. D) Makes the pro bowl E) wins the MVP.  Now if he had done any of those things the year before those incentives would be LTBE and would count against the cap.  If he hadn't done any of those things they would be ULTBE and would not count against the cap.  However, there is a potential for an extra 5 million to be counted against the cap next year if the player does all 5 of those.  Now one would probably be happy to pay your RB an extra 5 million if he were to accomplish these things but that sudden 5 million counted against your cap next year could make things tight.Every contract is examined by the league to determine if incentives are likely or unlikely to be earned and the LTBE are counted against the cap.  After every season all incentives are looked at again to determine if they were or were not earned and actions toward toward the cap are made accordingly.  In some cases incentive can be considered LTBE even if the player did not reach them the year before.   In Hawk's case even though he only had a half a sack in 2014 I'm guessing the NFL would consider a 1 sack incentive LTBE even though he did not have a full sack 2014.  A 5 or even 3 sack incentive would probably be considered ULTBE.Sorry for the length but I hope it helps.  Didn't mean to hijack your posts Captain just trying to help.</blockquote>

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