Wide receiver effectively ended his tenure with the in dramatic fashion. He made a shirtle s exit from MetLife Stadium during the middle of a Week 17 game against the . Brown was released a few days later. Despite an acrimonious departure, Brown has a financial interest in Tampa Bay making a deep playoff run. If the Buccaneers repeat as Super Bowl champions, Brown will get $215,000 because of the way money gets allocated during the postseason. Players are paid much differently in the playoffs than during the regular season. A majority of players take a hefty pay cut in the playoffs because their salaries have no bearing on what they make during the postseason. Playoff money comes from a league pool instead of from NFL teams. There is a specific amount for each playoff round where each eligible player gets paid the same. Players will receive the following amounts for the 2021 season's playoffs:Wild card division winners:$42,500Other wild cards:$37,500Wild Troy Tulowitzki Jersey card byes:$37,500Divisional round:$42,500Conference championships:$65,000Super Bowl winner: $150,000Super Bowl loser:$75,000Players earn their base salary over the course of the 18-week regular season. For example, quarterback earned nearly $1.4 million per week from his league-high $24.1 million base salary during the regular season. He will receive $37,500 for San Francisco's wild card game, just like 49ers linebacker , who earned $43,333 each regular-season week, and the rest of his teammates. Flannigan-Fowles' primary contribution has been on special teams. Postseason money for wild card and divisional playoff games isn't much more than the weekly earnings of a player making the $660,000 first-year player minimum salary ($36,667 per week). The maximum a player can make in this season's playoffs from his current team is $300,000. The Super Bowl winner would have to be a division winner that participated in the wild card round ( , , Buccaneers, , and ). The most that can be made from playing on the other playoff participants is $295,000. Players on the 53-man roster and injured reserve at game time receive payment for wild card and divisional playoff games. Practice squad players don't receive playoff money but Roger Clemens Jersey continue to get paid at their weekly rate for as long as their respective teams are in the playoffs. That's $9,200 per week for most practice squad players. Longtime veterans, like Buccaneers tight end , make $14,000 a week. Teams are allowed to expand the 53-man roster to 54 or 55 players by elevating two practice squad players for each regular or postseason game. The elevated players get paid like the others on the 53-man roster and injured reserve for the first two playoff rounds. Payment eligibility is more complicated for the conference championships and Super Bowl. The payment requirements for these two playoff rounds are outlined below. Players on the 53-man roster when the game is played who have been on the roster for at least three previous games (regular season or playoffs). Veterans (at least one year of service) put on injured reserve during the regular season who are still under contract when the game is played. Vested veterans (four or more years of service) put on injured reserve during the preseason who are still under contract when the game is played. Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time who spent at least eight games on the roster (regular season or playoffs), provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference. Bills All-Pro cornerback is among the players eligible for payment through the second category. He is out for the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee during a game in November. The same holds true for Buccaneers wide receiver because of December tears to the ACL and MCL in his right knee. Brown can make the full the amount under the final category. He was on Tampa Bay's 53-man roster for 12 games prior to his release. Wide receiver has a chance to receive payment from two different teams in the playoffs thanks to the final category. He will be getting at least $37, Kendrys Morales Jersey 500 because he has been with the since a midseason release from the Rams. He was with the Rams for eight games. The Raiders are in the AFC West, while the Rams are in the NFC West. Players on the 53-man roster when the game is played who have been on the roster for le s than three previous games (regular season or playoffs). First-year players put on injured reserve during the regular season who are still under contract when the game is played and signed a player contract or practice squad contract in a prior season. Non-vested veterans (one to three years of service) put on injured reserve during the preseason who are still under contract when the game is played. Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time who spent between three and seven games on the Aaron Sanchez Jersey roster (regular season or playoffs), provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference. The most notable players eligible under these categories are former Raiders wide receiver and future Hall of Fame running back . Ruggs, who was released by the Raiders after a fatal car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol, fits in the last category. He had played in all of the Raiders' seven games when he was released. The Raiders aren't expected to advance to the divisional playoffs. Peterson is probably in a better position than Ruggs to collect $107,500 because of the last category. He played in three games during his brief stint with the , who are the AFC's top playoff seed, before getting released. Peterson subsequently signed a practice squad contract with the NFC West's Cornerback is precluded from collecting money if the have a lot of playoff succe s, although New England dealt Brett Anderson Jersey him to the four weeks into the season. The 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was on the physically unable to perform list rather than injured reserve with the Patriots this season. Three-time Pro Bowl tight end isn't getting any playoff money for his six games with the regardle s of how far they advance. He was traded to the , who are also in the NFC. Chiefs edge rusher is in the same boat as Ertz because the dealt him away after playing seven games. The Chiefs and Steelers are both AFC teams. There is one more category that receives a one-quarter share for conference championships and the Super Bowl: first-year players put on injured reserve during the preseason who are still under contract when the game is played. They also must have been on a team's practice squad for at least eight games in a prior season or received one or two game checks while on a team's 53-man roster or injured reserve in a prior year in order to qualify for payment.Payments during the playoffs must be made within 15 days after a game has been played. NFL contracts occasionally contain performance bonuses,