The one-year, $13.65 million deal signed over the weekend by quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a [great deal for the Steelers](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-aaron-rodgers-contract-is-a-major-bargain-for-the-steelers). And if Rodgers cashes in on the full $5.85 million incentive package, it will have been an incredible deal.
To get there, the Steelers have to win the Super Bowl.
Albert Bree of SI.com [has the details](https://www.si.com/nfl/aaron-rodgers-steelers-contract-full-breakdown-incentives-maximum-value-cap-hit).
To be eligible for any of the payments, Rodgers must participate in 70 percent of the offensive snaps in the regular season. If that is threshold is satisfied, here’s what he’ll get:
If the Steelers make the playoffs: $500,000.
If they earn a first-round bye or if they win in the wild-card round with Rodgers taking at least half of the snaps: $600,000.
If they win in the divisional round and Rodgers takes at least half of the snaps: $750,000.
If they win the AFC Championship and Rodgers takes at least half of the snaps: $1 million.
If they win the Super Bowl and Rodgers takes at least half of the snaps: $1.5 million.
If Rodgers wins the regular-season MVP award: $1.5 million.
More than half of the incentives — $3 million — are tied to winning the Super Bowl and Rodgers becoming the league MVP. That seems unlikely, to put it mildly.
Even getting to the Super Bowl feels like a stretch. And that’s another $1 million.
The most realistically optimistic outcome seems to be getting to the AFC Championship and meeting the various play-time incentives and earning another $1.85 million.
But, yes, paying out $19.5 million would be perhaps the best veteran quarterback contract ever signed by a team, because it will mean that the Steelers received the services of the league’s MVP — and more importantly that they won the Super Bowl.