According to a report by NFL insider Ian Rapoport, wide receiver Antonio Brown was considering a holdout in order to get a raise this year from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Instead he chose to show up and hope that the team would take care of him. It was a smart move:
This week the Steelers re-structured Brown’s deal and moved $2 million of his money from 2016 up to 2015, essentially giving him a short-term bonus to reward him for his play.
Brown’s base salary in 2015 was just six million, per Spotrac.