{"id":770796,"date":"2026-02-23T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770796\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:38:27","slug":"kendrick-bourne-asks-49ers-for-unearned-incentive-money-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770796\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Bourne asks 49ers for unearned incentive money on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Early in the 2025 season, the <a href=\"\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> needed help at wide receiver, so they signed Kendrick Bourne after Week 1 for backup quarterback Mac Jones to throw to, with Brock Purdy suffering a toe injury in the opener.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bourne&#8217;s deal was incentive-laden, and after catching 37 passes for 551 yards in 57% of the team&#8217;s offensive snaps, Bourne had earned an extra $1.24 million in bonuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, after seeing the New England Patriots give wide receiver Mack Hollins a $400,000 incentive that he failed to hit due to a lacerated spleen, Bourne is looking for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">49ers<\/a> to help him out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bourne&#8217;s use of emojis at the end of the social media post indicates that he&#8217;s joking, but he definitely wishes San Francisco had given him the extra money he missed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Had Bourne caught another eight passes for 49 more yards, he would&#8217;ve made an additional $750,000. Even as a millionaire, losing out on that much money for just a few more plays has to sting.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/02\/21\/49ers-mac-jones-nick-herbig-trade-steelers\/88796545007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">NFL analyst suggests 49ers trade Mac Jones to fill huge need<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m. PT Early in the 2025 season, the San Francisco 49ers needed help at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,95878,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623,96189,96190,95882,96537,95946,99850,99096,98646,95896,95888,95895,95897,96090,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-770796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-accessfree","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","16":"tag-sstssportsnflniners","17":"tag-sstsnniners","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbrock-purdy","20":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","21":"tag-tagkendrick-bourne","22":"tag-tagmac-jones","23":"tag-tagmack-hollins","24":"tag-tagnational-sports","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagnfl-hub","27":"tag-tagoverall-negative","28":"tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116119280434019913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770796","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=770796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}