March 13--The Chicago Bears claimed offensive lineman Michael Ola off waivers from the Miami Dolphins during the offseason last year and he wound up starting at four different positions, earning him a good check for performance-based pay.
The NFL Management Council shared each club's performance-based pay distributions for the 2014 season Friday and Ola was tops on the team at $266,554, more than half of his pay for the season. Ola played in 13 games and made 12 starts.
Performance-based pay divides a pool of $3.633 million for each team and each player receives a share. The payments for each player are determined by playing time and a player's salary. The players earning the least and playing the most receive the bigger pieces of the pie.
Next for the Bears were undrafted rookie linebacker Christian Jones ($222,364), right tackle Jordan Mills (204,711) and safety Brock Vereen ($190,471).
Here is a complete list of payments for Bears players:
Michael Ola $266,554
Christian Jones $222,364
Jordan Mills $204,711
Brock Vereen $190,471
Demontre Hurst $159,572
Dante Rosario $132,827
Jon Bostic $121,400
Will Sutton $115,691
Alshon Jeffery $100,430
Ryan Mundy $98,246
Josh Morgan $95,328
Marquess Wilson $94,941
Danny McCray $91,823
Stephen Paea $87,243
Brian de la Puente $82,180
Senorise Perry $80,482
Kyle Fuller $72,560
Kyle Long $72,222
Ryan Groy $70,481
Roberto Garza $68,148
Santonio Holmes $61,819
Cornelius Washington $57,871
Ego Ferguson $56,377
Sherrick McManis $51,873
Al Louis-Jean $50,349
Khaseem Greene $48,556
Chris Conte $43,574
Jared Allen $42,613
Jeremiah Ratliff $42,501
DeDe Lattimore $41,756
David Bass $40,668
D.J. Williams $39,660
Pat O'Donnell $37,581
Willie Young $36,399
Isaiah Frey $32,272
Shea McClellin $29,359
Jeremy Cain $29,199
Darryl Sharpton $28,068
Tim Jennings $27,520
Ka'Deem Carey $26,453
Trevor Scott $25,328
Eben Britton $25,186
Martellus Bennett $21,624
Teddy Williams $21,199
Ahmad Dixon $20,014
Brandon Dunn $19,333
Chris Williams $18,941
Jimmy Clausen $17,922
Jermon Bushrod $17,170
Matt Forte $16,031
Anthony Walters $13,653
Matt Slauson $13,109
Marc Mariani $13,002
Blake Annen $12,383
Josh Bellamy $11,746
Lamarr Houston $11,518
Brandon Marshall $10,457
Charles Leno $10,242
Lance Briggs $10,083
Terrell Manning $8,295
Shaun Draughn $8,134
Matthew Mulligan $8,132
Montell Owens $7,451
Rashad Ross $7,120
Jay Cutler $6,808
Jay Feely $5,474
Micheal Spurlock $5,461
Charles Tillman $5,160
Robbie Gould $4,700
Taylor Boggs $3,376
Tony Fiammetta $1,767
bmbiggs@tribune.com
