Sunday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens shouldn’t require any other motivation beyond the game’s obvious stakes. The winner makes the playoffs. The loser goes home. And Patrick Queen’s chief motivation is sending Pittsburgh to the postseason, all while sending his former team packing. But he reminded of an oft-forgotten benefit to making the playoffs. More money.
“You look at people who work here, getting an extra check,” Queen told reporters via the team’s YouTube channel earlier in the week after accepting his ‘Chief’ Award. “Getting in the playoffs, your teammates who aren’t making a whole bunch of ton of money.