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NFL-15 3/27/00
A total of $27.4 million – the largest NFL postseason pool ever – will be divided among 749 players who participated in the 1999 postseason, the National Football League announced today.
The Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams each earned $107,000 per full share for the playoffs, not counting the Pro Bowl.
Each player for the Tennessee Titans, the AFC champion, earned $92,000 per full share in the playoffs.
St. Louis’ postseason pool totaled more than $6.4 million, while Tennessee’s payout was $5.1 million.
The total postseason pool for all teams was $27,352,500.
Twelve Super Bowl XXXIV players increased their postseason earnings by playing in the 2000 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. Eight members of the Rams – ISAAC BRUCE, KEVIN CARTER, D’MARCO FARR, MARSHALL FAULK, TODD LYGHT, ORLANDO PACE, ADAM TIMMERMAN and KURT WARNER – each earned an additional $25,000 for playing on the victorious NFC team to total $132,000 in postseason monies. Four Titans – EDDIE GEORGE, JEVON KEARSE, BRUCE MATTHEWS and FRANK WYCHECK – increased their earnings by $12,500 apiece to $104,500 by playing for the AFC squad.
1999 NFL POSTSEASON COMPENSATION
| AFC | PLAYER SHARES | TOTAL |
| Tennessee | 56 |
$5,126,000 |
| Jacksonville | 63 |
3,079,500 |
| Miami | 61 |
1,623,500 |
| Seattle | 59 |
981,500 |
| Indianapolis | 57 |
949,500 |
| Buffalo | 56 |
585,000 |
| NFC | PLAYER SHARES |
TOTAL |
| St. Louis | 59 |
$6,435,500 |
| Tampa Bay | 60 |
2,960,000 |
| Washington | 57 |
1,899,000 |
| Minnesota | 58 |
1,633,000 |
| Detroit | 63 |
755,000 |
| Dallas | 65 |
725,000 |
| PLAYOFF TOTALS | 714 |
$26,752,500 |
| AFC-NFC PRO BOWL | PLAYER SHARES |
TOTAL |
| Non-playoff Players | 35 |
$600,000 |
| TOTALS | 749 |
$27,352,500 |