Is Sam Darnold going to earn a bigger pay day in 2025 with his performance over the final weeks of the 2024 NFL season? Kevin Patra identifies five players with a chance to cash in down the stretch.

N o matter how good any NFL quarterback might look in one game they're never more than a few interceptions away from the fanbase turning on them. Having thrown as many picks as to

As Madubuike can attest, fortunes can be made because of performance in a contract year. With the NFL regular season two-thirds of the way over, here are five players who have made good use of their contract year.

Everything is pointing towards this being Sam Darnold's only season in a Minnesota Vikings uniform. Ever since rookie QB J.J. McCarthy impressed in training camp and then suffered a knee injury that ended his season before it began,