Source: Defensive end Stephen Weatherly takes pay cut, adds sack incentives

Minnesota Vikings defensive end Stephen Weatherly (91) prior to the snap during an NFL preseason football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 in Minneapolis. Indianapolis won 12-10. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)Defensive end Stephen Weatherly accepted a $500,000 pay cut recently to stay with the Vikings this season, but he can make half of that back with just two sacks, a league source told the Star Tribune.

Weatherly is now set to earn a $1.5 million salary, down from the $2 million he re-signed for during free agency this spring. The team approached him about a pay reduction after he lost the competition for a starting job to defensive end D.J. Wonnum, and after the…