Is Sam Darnold going to earn a bigger pay day in 2025 with his performance over the final weeks of the 2024 NFL season? Kevin Patra identifies five players with a chance to cash in down the stretch.

While it's still a remote possibility at the moment, we can't rule out a scenario where Smith winds up on another team next year. In a recent column previewing the 2025 NFL quarterback carousel, Brad Gagnon at Bleacher Report goes even further, predicting that Geno will sign with the New York Jets along with Sam Darnold.

As Madubuike can attest, fortunes can be made because of performance in a contract year. With the NFL regular season two-thirds of the way over, here are five players who have made good use of their contract year.

Everything is pointing towards this being Sam Darnold's only season in a Minnesota Vikings uniform. Ever since rookie QB J.J. McCarthy impressed in training camp and then suffered a knee injury that ended his season before it began,