12-30-2019, 12:48 AM
Vikings kicker Dan Bailey cashes in for $1 million after four field goals vs. BearsKicker Dan Bailey had $250,000 riding on making every field goal Sunday, right up until his fourth and final conversion during the Vikings’ 21-19 loss to the Bears.Bailey, who finished the regular season making 27 of 29 field-goal attempts [93%], doubled his salary with a $1 million incentive for clearing a 90% threshold established in his one-year contract. Bailey’s base salary for this season was also $1 million.
Had Bailey, who was not available for interviews after the game, missed any of his four field goals from 34, 37, 38 and 39 yards, his percentage would have dipped below 90% and the incentive would have followed by dropping to $750,000.
Bailey, 31, put himself in good position for a contract extension this offseason just months after the team traded a 2020 fifth-round pick to Baltimore for kicking competition in Kaare Vedvik.
Bailey’s playoff appearance next weekend during the NFC’s wild-card round will be his first since he made all five kicks (three field goals, two extra points) in the Cowboys’ 34-31 loss to the Packers in the divisional round following the 2016 season — including a 52-yard, game-tying field goal with 35 seconds left.
In three playoff games, Bailey is 4-for-6 on field-goal attempts and 8-for-8 on extra points.
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Had Bailey, who was not available for interviews after the game, missed any of his four field goals from 34, 37, 38 and 39 yards, his percentage would have dipped below 90% and the incentive would have followed by dropping to $750,000.
Bailey, 31, put himself in good position for a contract extension this offseason just months after the team traded a 2020 fifth-round pick to Baltimore for kicking competition in Kaare Vedvik.
Bailey’s playoff appearance next weekend during the NFC’s wild-card round will be his first since he made all five kicks (three field goals, two extra points) in the Cowboys’ 34-31 loss to the Packers in the divisional round following the 2016 season — including a 52-yard, game-tying field goal with 35 seconds left.
In three playoff games, Bailey is 4-for-6 on field-goal attempts and 8-for-8 on extra points.
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-kicke...566554512/
