GREEN BAY, Wis. -- How much is two snaps worth to an NFL player? For Green Bay Packers guard Sean Rhyan, it's more than $2 million dollars.
Had he been on the field for two additional plays at any point in his first three NFL seasons (2022-2024), Rhyan would have qualified for the Proven Performance Escalator (PPE). That would have meant his 2025 base salary would have jumped to $3.406 million rather than the $1,363,571 he will earn under his original rookie deal.
That's a difference of $2,042,429 -- all because he came up two snaps short of hitting the 35% mark called for in Article 7, Section 4 of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement.