{"id":765180,"date":"2026-02-20T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765180\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:39:34","slug":"patriots-reportedly-fulfill-veteran-receivers-400k-missed-incentive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765180\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots reportedly fulfill veteran receiver\u2019s $400K missed incentive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While a lacerated spleen kept Mack Hollins off the field from December into January, a payday remained in play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hollins, 32, finished his inaugural regular season in Foxborough just four catches shy of hitting a $400,000 incentive. But what was missed has since been honored by head coach Mike Vrabel\u2019s organization as sights set on the new league year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At the time of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/117395\/patriots-place-mack-hollins-ir-sign-jeremiah-pharms-jr-nfl-week-17-jets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">placement<\/a> on injured reserve, Hollins stood with 46 receptions for 550 yards and two touchdowns. He stood there while leading New England\u2019s wideout depth chart with 657 offensive snaps through 15 appearances, including 13 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-news\/120254\/patriots-activate-mack-hollins-place-eric-gregory-injured-reserve-afc-championship-game-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Activated<\/a> from injured reserve on the eve of the AFC Championship Game, which marked the earliest return date under NFL rules, Hollins went on to catch six passes for 129 yards and one touchdown through playoff starts versus the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Arriving at Gillette Stadium last March on a two-year, $8.4 million contract featuring $3.5 million guaranteed, Hollins now moves forward with a cap number of $5.55 million when factoring in the $400,000 sweetener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/patscap.bsky.social\/post\/3mfca5d4eqk2o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PatsCap\u2019s Miguel Benzan<\/a>, that upcoming cap number features $2.9 million in base salary and $1.15 million in signing bonuses. It also features a $150,000 offseason workout bonus, $600,000 in receptions incentives, as well as up to $750,000 in active roster bonuses for the 6-foot-4, 221-pound target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Entering the NFL in the fourth round of the 2017 draft at No. 118 overall, Hollins spent previous campaigns with the Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins, Las Vegas Raiders, Atlanta Falcons and Buffalo Bills. The North Carolina Tar Heels product, who earned a Super Bowl LII ring as a rookie, has caught 220 passes for 2,861 yards and 19 touchdowns through 135 career games, counting postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While a lacerated spleen kept Mack Hollins off the field from December into January, a payday remained in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,726,4834,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-765180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-news","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-offseason-coverage","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116104656507952496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}