Tom Brady would continue to build his legacy – and his fortune – if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl.
Brady will profit from a $ 500,000 contract incentive if the Bucs beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and win the NFC Championship Game, a source told ESPN. The star quarterback will earn another $ 500,000 if the Bucs win the Super Bowl LV, according to the source.
Brady has already raised $ 1.25 million in incentives during the Tampa Bay postseason race – $ 500,000 for reaching the playoffs, $ 250,000 for the Bucs’ wild card win in Washington and another $ 500,000 for the win in the last Sunday’s division playoff against the New Orleans Saints, according to the source.
With a victory on Sunday in Green Bay, Brady, 43, will reach the Super Bowl for the tenth time in his career. He is trying to join Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning and Craig Morton as the only quarterbacks to lead two different franchises for a Super Bowl.
Brady, who won six Super Bowls and played nine in total with the New England Patriots, went through 4,633 yards and 40 touchdowns this season – the first with the Buccaneers. The league’s three-time MVP is trying to get the Bucs to their first Super Bowl spot since the 2002 championship season.
“It’s been fun to be here and I also had a lot of fun in New England,” said Brady on Friday. “I had an excellent 21 years. I am a very blessed and lucky guy. The fact that I still play football, for me, is a blessing.”