Wright bet on himself, now Vikings' receiver is getting paid...
On Sunday, as the Vikings play their final regular-season game against the Chicago Bears, Jarius Wright will earn a $93,750 weekly roster bonus for the 16th time this season, bringing his regular-season salary to $2.55 million and officially delivering a payoff on the gamble he made in September.
After catching only 11 passes last season, Wright restructured his deal with the Vikings on Sept. 1, the day before the team's final preseason roster cuts. He took a $1.05 million base salary instead of the $2.5 million he was scheduled to receive and converted $1.5 million to per-game roster bonuses.
In the end, he decided to stay with the team that drafted him in the fourth round out of Arkansas in 2012, and in the community he said he now considers a second home.
"It's always an option," Wright said of the possibility of leaving for another team if he'd declined to restructure his deal. "It's always an option. I didn't think twice about it. I talked about it with my agent, my agent told me it was a good deal. He knows the type of guy I am, the type of player I am. He said it was a good deal. It's all paying off for me now. "
http://www.startribune.com/jarius-wright-bet-on-himself-and-now-the-vikings-receiver-is-getting-paid/467032693/
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
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