NFL Week 18 Player Incentives, Bonuses, Milestones | Props To Bet for Every Game

Welcome to the last week of the NFL regular season, which means NFL Week 18 player incentives, bonuses, milestones and the corresponding props to bet for every game.

During Week 18, motivation can be low for some teams and players. But there's one thing that motivates most: money.

Plenty of quarterbacks, skill position players and edge rushers have performance incentives built into their contracts, ones that can be unlocked if the given athlete reaches a certain number of TD passes, rushing yards, catches, sacks, etc.

In addition, plenty of players have records or milestones that they need to record yards or touchdowns for. Some of these are tied to bonuses, too.

Here are the incentives and milestones you should keep in mind for Week 18 of the NFL season. Toggle between the games below to see which incentives are at stake for each game this weekend.

NFL Week 18 Player Incentives, Bonuses, Milestones

• Running back Joe Mixon can earn a $100,000 bonus with two rushing touchdowns.
  • Mixon to score 2+ touchdowns is available as a prop at FanDuel, where it is +550.

• Quarterback Joe Flacco receives $75,000 for every win with the Browns. He will receive even larger bonuses for wins in the playoffs. A wildcard win is worth $250K, divisional round is $500K, AFC Championship is $1M and the Super Bowl would be worth an extra $2M.
  • Flacco will not play Saturday, but the Browns plan to convert the $75,000 he could have earned in Week 18 into a roster bonus, so he will still get the money. Good job, Cleveland.

• Baker Mayfield will receive a $1 million bonus for playing in over 85% of the snaps this season (currently at >99% of the snaps). He will receive an additional $1 million for making the playoffs, which the Buccaneers can do with a win over the Panthers OR a tie and Saints loss/tie.

• Tight end Mike Gesicki gets $350,000 for playing 46% of the snaps and another $400,000 for 53% of the snaps. He is currently at 49% of offensive snaps, so he'll be pushing to play on Sunday.
• Running back Ezekiel Elliot gets $50,000 for every game he plays in. He needs 252 total yards in the final game to get a $375,000 bonus for 975 total yards.

• Wide receiver Josh Reynolds earns a $250,000 bonus with six receiving touchdowns. He currently has five. He also needs just 36 receiving yards to unlock another $250,000 bonus.
  • Reynolds' anytime TD prop odds are +240 at FanDuel.
  • Currently, there is not a Reynolds receiving yardage prop live.

• Sam LaPorta can move up to third all-time in receiving yards by a rookie tight end with 44 receiving yards, passing Jeremy Shockey. Mike Ditka (1,076) and Kyle Pitts (1,026) are likely out of reach.
  • Currently, there is not a LaPorta receiving yardage prop live.

• Running back Alexander Mattison needs 91 rushing yards to receive a $250,000 bonus.
  • Currently, there is not a Mattison rushing yardage prop live.

• Defensive end Arden Key currently has six sacks and needs eight sacks for a $500,000 bonus.
• Wide receiver Deandre Hopkins needs seven receptions for a $250,000 bonus. He needs 49 receiving yards for a $1 million bonus and two touchdowns for another $250,000.
  • Hopkins' receiving yardage prop for Sunday is over/under 66.5 yards. Hopkins' alt receiving yardage prop of 50+ yards is -250. Hopkins is +1900 to score 2+ TDs.

• Derrick Henry is one rushing touchdown shy of 90 in his career and moving into a tie with Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin for 13th-place all-time. 
  • Henry's best market odds to score a touchdown are with Caesars at +200.
• DeAndre Hopkins (12,309) needs 43 receiving yards to move ahead of Brandon Marshall up to 23rd all-time in yards. 
  • Hopkins also needs 8 (921) receptions to move up to 21st place and take Antonio Brown’s (928) spot on the all-time receptions list.

• Linebacker Foye Oluokun has a chance to be the first player in NFL history to lead the league in tackles in three straight seasons. Current standings are:
  • Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin: 170
  • Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner: 168
  • Oluokun: 166

• Defensive end Bud Dupree can receive a $1 million bonus for recording seven sacks. He is currently at 5.5 sacks. If he plays in 70% of the defensive snaps, he receives another $1 million. He is currently at 67% of the snaps.
• Calais Campbell has already earned a $500K bonus thanks to a five-sack season. If he continues to play 60% of snaps, he gets another $500K. He sits at 62% right now.

• Cordarelle Patterson has another chance to record his 10th kickoff return for a touchdown, but rates for such are down across the board this season with the new fair catch rule.
  • Patterson already holds the NFL record with 9.
    • Patterson's best odds to score a touchdown are with PointsBet at +650.

• There are no incentives to note for this game.

• There are no incentives to note for this game.

• Chris Jones needs a sack in order to net a $1.25 million bonus.

• Travis Kelce is just 19 receiving yards away from recording 1,000 receiving yards. That would make it eight straight seasons. Kelce set the record for tight ends with four in a row.
• Kelce also needs one more touchdown to pass Jason Witten for the fifth-most TDs by a tight end in NFL history. Kelce and Witten are currently tied at 74.
• Yet still, Kelce is currently 25th all-time in total receptions at 907, which is five shy of Julio Jones at 912.
  • Unfortunately, receiving props are not yet live for Chargers vs Chiefs.

• Austin Ekeler needs 110 receiving or rushing yards to net a $100K incentive bonus.
  • Unfortunately, rushing and receiving props are not yet live for Chargers vs Chiefs.

• Austin Hooper has played exactly 51% of the Raiders' offensive snaps — the exact number he needs to receive a $125K incentive.

• Davante Adams needs two receptions in order to become the third player to ever have 100 catches in four straight seasons.
  • Adams' receptions prop is over/under 6.5 receptions on Sunday.
  • The only other two players to do it are Antonio Brown (six straight from 2013 to 2018) and Marvin Harrison (four straight from 1999 to 2002)
  • Both Adams and Mike Evans are tied with 94 all-time receiving touchdowns. If one gets more than the other this Sunday, they would have sole possession of 12th all-time on that list.

• Tight end Adam Trautman can unlock a $100,000 bonus with a touchdown vs. Raiders.
  • Trautman was +440 to score a TD, but that line is down to as low as +310 at some books, so shop around.

• Clelin Ferrell has played 45% of snaps this season and has 3.5 sacks. He needs 50% to earn $250K and 5 sacks for $100K, which may be difficult considering the 49ers have already clinched home-field advantage in the playoffs.

• George Kittle needs just six receiving yards to pass Antonio Gates at 6,280 yards for second in yards by a tight end in his first seven NFL seasons. (Travis Kelce is No. 1 overall with 6,465 yards.)
  • Do keep in mind that although the vast majority of starters will suit up for the 49ers, starting quarterback Brock Purdy will sit for this game with the 49ers locked into the No. 1 seed. Sam Darnold will get the nod on Sunday afternoon.
  • Receiving props are not yet live for Rams vs 49ers.

• Tight end Tyler Higbee can earn $125,000 in additional bonuses if he can accumulate five more receiving yards.
  • Receiving props are not yet live for Rams vs 49ers.

• Puka Nacua is currently 29 yards shy of the all-time rookie receiving record that hasn't been broken since 1960. Still, he trails in the overall Rookie of the Year market.
  • Receiving props are not yet live for Rams vs 49ers.

• Darius Slayton needs just one catch to nab a $2.5 million bonus.
  • Slayton receptions props are not on the board, but his receiving yards prop for Sunday is over/under 44.5.

• Running back D'Onta Foreman can unlock $100,000 bonus with two touchdowns.
  • Foreman touchdown props are not on the board for Sunday currently.

• Jordan Love will earn a $500K incentive if the Packers make the playoffs. The Packers need to
  • Win vs. Chicago and they're in
  • If Green Bay loses, the Vikings and Seahawks both need to lose, AND Buccaneers OR Saints lose
• Edge Preston Smith can earn $1 million if he registers 10 sacks. He goes into the game against the Bears with eight sacks.

• If the Seahawks make the playoffs, Geno Smith will earn a $2 million incentive. The Seahawks have three paths to the playoffs.
  • Win and Green Bay loses to Chicago
  • Tie, Green Bay loses and Tampa Bay loses or ties to the Panthers.
  • Tie, Green Bay loses and New Orleans loses or ties.

• Defensive end Leonard Floyd can receive up to $2 million in sack bonuses. He receives bonuses for eclipsing 8, 10 and 12 sacks. He has 9.5 sacks on the season.
• Safety Jordan Poyer can receive $250,000 for playing in 90% of the snaps. He is currently at exactly 90%.
• Safety Micah Hyde can earn $250,000 with another interception and an additional $50,000 with two interceptions.

• Josh Allen needs 53 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns to join Drew Brees as the only players in NFL history to reach 4,000 passing yards and 30 passing touchdowns in four consecutive seasons.
  • His odds to record two or more TD passes have a market-best price at BetRivers at -110.
• Stefon Diggs is two touchdown catches away from becoming the fourth player to have 100 catches and 10 touchdowns in three consecutive seasons.
  • The only other players to do so are Marvin Harrison, Davante Adams and Antonio Brown
    • His best market odds are with Caesars at +1000.
• Diggs also has an opportunity on Sunday to reach 10,000 career receiving yards. He needs 92 yards on Sunday. He would also tie Lance Alworth for the third-fastest mark of all-time at 136 games.
  • You can bet on Diggs to record 90 or more receiving yards at a market-best price at DraftKings at +280.

• Defensive end Bradley Chubb will receive a $250,000 bonus for making the Pro Bowl. Chubb will miss this game after tearing his ACL last week, but he's been en route to a Pro Bowl-caliber season.

• Tyreek Hill has 1,717 receiving yards this season, which is already more than his career-best mark of 1,710 yards. He currently ranks No. 11 of all-time for the single season record. With 100 yards, he can pass Justin Jefferson's 2022 mark for sixth all-time.
  • Hill will, of course, be playing with some distress, however. His house in Fort Lauderdale burned down earlier this week, and he missed practice as a result. He'll be ready to suit up for perhaps the game of the year, though.
    • 6. Jefferson (2022) – 1,809
    • 7. Isaac Bruce (1995) – 1,781
    • 8. Charley Hennigan (1961) – 1,746
    • 9. Michael Thomas (2019) – 1,725
    • 10. Marvin Harrison (2002) – 1,722
    • 11. Hill (2023) – 1,717
  • The market-best line is with FanDuel at o94.5 yards (-114). If you're bullish on Hill breaking the single-season receiving yard record with at least 248 yards, you can bet it at FanDuel at +3000 odds.

• Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. needed five receptions for a $250,000 bonus and he needs two touchdowns for another $250,000 bonus. He also needs 185 yards for a $750,000 bonus.
  • Beckham Jr. did not play on Saturday, though, with nothing on the line.
  • While the game is a must-win for the Steelers to keep up their playoff hopes, the Ravens have the No. 1 seed already sealed up. The game means nothing but pride for Baltimore, which ranks No. 3 all-time at overall DVOA.
• Nelson Agholor could have earned $250,000 with 58 receiving yards against the Steelers. He could also earn another $250,000 with 10 more receptions. He finished with 5 receptions for 39 yards.
  • Agholor's receiving yards prop was not posted until Saturday afternoon, when it opened at over/under 35.5 receiving yards at DraftKings, with the over -125. That was quickly bet to over/under 37.5 receiving yards, with the over -110.
  • Agholor's alt receiving yardage prop of 60+ receiving yards is +225.
• Lamar Jackson needed one more game with 50 rushing yards to pass Michael Vick for most 50+ rush games by a quarterback. Currently the two are tied at 54.
  • However, Jackson did not play on Saturday.
• Jadeveon Clowney needed one more sack to net a $750K bonus, which he earned on Saturday.

• Tight end Dalton Schultz needed six receptions for a $250,000 bonus. If he eclipsed 107 receiving yards, he would receive another $250,000 bonus. He finished with 4 catches for 34 yards.
  • Schultz had a line available at FanDuel at +1000 to record 110 or more yards.
• Running back Devin Singletary has already received $125,000 for eclipsing 1,000 rushing yards. He also receives $125,000 for playing 50% of the snaps and another $125,000 for 55% of the snaps. He was at 52% of the snaps before Saturday's game. 3% more? Another $125K. Singletary also needed 165 receiving or rushing yards for an additional $125K bonus. He finished with 24 combined receiving and rushing yards.
  • FanDuel has a prop for that incentive listed at +1500.

• Quarterback Gardner Minshew received a $2,000,000 bonus for playing more than 65% of the team's offensive snaps this season (currently at 86% of snaps).
• Edge Tyquan Lewis would have earned $150,000 in additional bonuses with a sack, but he did not record one.