CB Nahshon Wright leads NFL with $1.4M performance-based pay

Former Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright is receiving over $1.4 million in performance-based pay for the 2025 season, highlighting the more than $542 million the league is paying out for players whose play time was not proportional to their salary.

That payout will more than double Wright's $1.1 million salary he received from Chicago for the 2025 season in which he played 97% of the team's defensive snaps, recording 80 tackles, five interceptions, 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles...