2017 PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS …

1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/14/18 2017 PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS ANNOUNCED NFL Players will receive $ million in PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay for their performance during the 2017 season, the NFL announced today. The PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay program is a collectively-bargained benefit that compensates all players, including rookies, based upon their playing time and salary levels. In addition to the PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay pool, the NFL Players Association has elected to dedicate $ million in benefits ( , $ million per club) to fund a Veteran PERFORMANCE-BASED Compensation Pool (the Veteran Pool ) for players with more than one accrued season. In total, $ million will be disbursed to players under the combined pools. Tennessee Titans guard QUINTON SPAIN earned the highest amount of all NFL players, both in the PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay program, as well as the Veteran Pool.

2 Under the combined pools, Spain will receive $489,782. Spain, a 2015 undrafted free agent out of West Virginia, played in 14 games for the Titans this season, starting all games in which he played. He played in of Tennessee s offensive plays, as well of the Titans special teams plays, while earning the league minimum salary for a player with two credited seasons. See the tables below for the top 25 bonuses in each category. Players have been paid nearly $ billion cumulatively since the inception of the PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay program, which was implemented as part of the NFL s 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association, and continues as part of the parties current agreement. The Veteran Pool is a component of the Rookie Redistribution Fund, which is a player benefit that was created under the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

3 The NFL Players Association elected to fund the Veteran Pool for the first time in 2016 and extended the benefit for the 2017 season. HOW PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY WORKS Under the PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay program, a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary. Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular season in which they play at least one official down. In general, players with higher playtime percentages and lower salaries benefit most from the pools. PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay is computed by using a player index ( Index ). To produce the Index, a player s regular-season playtime (total plays on offense, defense and special teams) is divided by his adjusted regular-season compensation (full season salary, prorated portion of signing bonus, earned incentives).

4 Each player s Index is then compared to those of the other players on his team to determine the amount of his PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay. The Veteran Pool is computed in a similar manner, with two significant modifications: 1) players with zero accrued seasons are not eligible to receive DISTRIBUTIONS , however, such players remain eligible to receive DISTRIBUTIONS under the PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay program; and 2) to calculate the eligible player s Index, if the player s full-season base salary is less than $1 million, an additional amount will be imputed so that the player s base salary equals $1 million. By imputing a minimum of $1 million to the denominator of the Veteran Pool s index calculation (playtime divided by salary), a slightly higher percentage of the pool is directed to high-performing veteran players whose salaries exceed $1 million but are not among the highest in the league, as contemplated by the formula.

5 This imputation of salary is solely for the purpose of calculating DISTRIBUTIONS from the pool, and does not affect the actual salary paid to the player under his contract. ILLUSTRATION OF PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY SYSTEM Each player on the same team competes for his own share of his club s PERFORMANCE-BASED Pay pool. The hypothetical example in the table below illustrates how the Player Index works, using a simplified four-player team and a club bonus pool of $1,000,000. Each player receives his share of the pool depending on how his Index compares to those of his teammates. ** Index is multiplied by 107 for legibility purposes only TOP 25 PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR 2017 PLAYER CLUB POS COLLEGE ROOKIE YEAR DRAFT ROUND DISTRIBUTION 1 Quinton Spain Tennessee G West Virginia 2015 UDFA $ 385, 2 Wes Schweitzer Atlanta G San Jose State 2016 6 $ 376, 3 Jalen Mills Philadelphia CB LSU 2016 7 $ 364, 4 Anthony Brown Dallas CB Purdue 2016 6 $ 345, 5 Keelan Cole Jacksonville WR Kentucky Wesleyan 2017 UDFA $ 344, 6 Nicholas Morrow Oakland LB Greenville 2017 UDFA $ 337, 7 Eddie Jackson Chicago S Alabama 2017 4 $ 334, 8 John Wetzel Arizona T Boston College 2013 UDFA $ 333, 9 Kevin Byard Tennessee S Middle Tennessee 2016 3 $ 333, 10 Mike Hilton Pittsburgh CB Mississippi 2016 UDFA $ 327, 11 Daryl Williams Carolina T Oklahoma 2015 4 $ 321.

6 12 Jayon Brown Tennessee LB UCLA 2017 5 $ 321, 13 Trevor Williams LA Chargers CB Penn State 2016 UDFA $ 316, 14 Shaq Mason New England G Georgia Tech 2015 4 $ 314, 15 Ricardo Allen Atlanta S Purdue 2014 5 $ 313, 16 Dak Prescott Dallas QB Mississippi State 2016 4 $ 313, 17 Trey Hopkins Cincinnati G Texas 2014 UDFA $ 310, 18 Jesse Davis Miami G/T Idaho 2015 UDFA $ 308, 19 Spencer Pulley LA Chargers C Vanderbilt 2016 UDFA $ 304, 20 Tyler Larsen Carolina C Utah State 2014 UDFA $ 299, 21 Joe Thuney New England G North Carolina State 2016 3 $ 296, 22 Ken Crawley New Orleans CB Colorado 2016 UDFA $ 295, 23 Jesse James Pittsburgh TE Penn State 2015 5 $ 293, 24 Halapoulivaati Vaitai Philadelphia T TCU 2016 5 $ 293, 25 Blake Martinez Green Bay LB Stanford 2016 4 $ 291, UDFA Undrafted free agent A Playtime B Compensation C Index** (A/B) D % of Club Bonus Pool (C/Team Total C) E Hypothetical Bonus (D * $1,000,000) Player A 50% $ 500,000 50% of the Club s pool (10 out of 20) 50% * $1,000,000 = $500,000 Player B 50% $ 1,000,000 25% of the Club s pool (5 out of 20) 25% * $1,000,000 = $250,000 Player C 20% $ 500,000 20% of the Club s pool (4 out of 20) 20% * $1,000,000 = $200,000 Player D 10% $ 1,000,000 5% of the Club s pool (1 out of 20) 5% * $1,000,000 = $50,000 Team Total.

7 Points TOP 25 BONUSES IN VETERAN PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION PLAYER CLUB POS COLLEGE ROOKIE YEAR DRAFT ROUND DISTRIBUTION 1 Quinton Spain Tennessee G West Virginia 2015 UDFA $ 104, 2 Kevin Byard Tennessee S Middle Tennessee 2016 3 $ 100, 3 Blake Martinez Green Bay LB Stanford 2016 4 $ 93, 4 Jalen Mills Philadelphia CB LSU 2016 7 $ 92, 5 Anthony Brown Dallas CB Purdue 2016 6 $ 92, 6 Dontae Johnson San Francisco CB North Carolina State 2014 4 $ 91, 7 Graham Glasgow Detroit G Michigan 2016 3 $ 89, 8 Wes Schweitzer Atlanta G San Jose State 2016 6 $ 89, 9 Matthias Farley Indianapolis S Notre Dame 2016 UDFA $ 88, 10 Cann Jacksonville G South Carolina 2015 3 $ 87, 11 Dak Prescott Dallas QB Mississippi State 2016 4 $ 87, 12 Joe Schobert Cleveland LB Wisconsin 2016 4 $ 87, 13 Trevor Williams LA Chargers CB Penn State 2016 UDFA $ 87, 14 Kenny Wiggins LA Chargers G Fresno State 2011 UDFA $ 87, 15 Jesse James Pittsburgh TE Penn State 2015 5 $ 84, 16 Shaq Mason New England G Georgia Tech 2015 4 $ 84, 17 Matt Paradis Denver C Boise State 2014 6 $ 84, 18 Spencer Pulley LA Chargers C Vanderbilt 2016 UDFA $ 83, 19 Jacoby Brissett Indianapolis QB North Carolina State 2016 3 $ 83, 20 Daryl Williams Carolina T Oklahoma 2015 4 $ 83, 21 Brett Jones NY Giants C Regina / Canada 2015 UDFA $ 83, 22 Joe Haeg Indianapolis G/T North Dakota State 2016 5 $ 82, 23 Ricardo Allen Atlanta S Purdue 2014 5 $ 82.

8 24 Patrick Robinson Philadelphia CB Florida State 2010 1 $ 82, 25 Jamon Brown LA Rams G Louisville 2015 3 $ 81, UDFA Undrafted free agent TOP 25 COMBINED TOTAL ( PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY AND VETERAN PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION) PLAYER CLUB POS COLLEGE ROOKIE YEAR DRAFT ROUND REGULAR PBP VETERAN PBP COMBINED DISTRIBUTION 1 Quinton Spain Tennessee G West Virginia 2015 UDFA $ 385, $ 104, $ 489, 2 Wes Schweitzer Atlanta G San Jose State 2016 6 $ 376, $ 89, $ 466, 3 Jalen Mills Philadelphia CB LSU 2016 7 $ 364, $ 92, $ 457, 4 Anthony Brown Dallas CB Purdue 2016 6 $ 345, $ 92, $ 437, 5 Kevin Byard Tennessee S Middle Tennessee 2016 3 $ 333, $ 100, $ 433, 6 John Wetzel Arizona T Boston College 2013 UDFA $ 333, $ 78, $ 411, 7 Daryl Williams Carolina T Oklahoma 2015 4 $ 321, $ 83, $ 405, 8 Trevor Williams LA Chargers CB Penn State 2016 UDFA $ 316, $ 87, $ 404, 9 Dak Prescott Dallas QB Mississippi State 2016 4 $ 313, $ 87, $ 401.

9 10 Shaq Mason New England G Georgia Tech 2015 4 $ 314, $ 84, $ 399, 11 Ricardo Allen Atlanta S Purdue 2014 5 $ 313, $ 82, $ 396, 12 Trey Hopkins Cincinnati G Texas 2014 UDFA $ 310, $ 78, $ 389, 13 Spencer Pulley LA Chargers C Vanderbilt 2016 UDFA $ 304, $ 83, $ 387, 14 Blake Martinez Green Bay LB Stanford 2016 4 $ 291, $ 93, $ 384, 15 Jesse James Pittsburgh TE Penn State 2015 5 $ 293, $ 84, $ 378, 16 Ken Crawley New Orleans CB Colorado 2016 UDFA $ 295, $ 78, $ 374, 17 Graham Glasgow Detroit G Michigan 2016 3 $ 284, $ 89, $ 374, 18 Joe Thuney New England G North Carolina State 2016 3 $ 296, $ 76, $ 373, 19 Matt Paradis Denver C Boise State 2014 6 $ 286, $ 84, $ 371, 20 Halapoulivaati Vaitai Philadelphia T TCU 2016 5 $ 293, $ 76, $ 369, 21 Tyler Larsen Carolina C Utah State 2014 UDFA $ 299, $ 63, $ 363, 22 Matthias Farley Indianapolis S Notre Dame 2016 UDFA $ 269, $ 88, $ 358, 23 James Bradberry Carolina CB Samford 2016 2 $ 279, $ 74, $ 353, 24 Will Parks Denver S Arizona 2016 6 $ 275, $ 72, $ 348, 25 De'Vondre Campbell Atlanta LB Minnesota 2016 4 $ 275, $ 70, $ 345, UDFA Undrafted free agent # # #