49ers will pay Richard Sherman's play-time bonus even though he'll likely fall short

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Richard Sherman's gamble on himself continues to pay off. The 31-year-old cornerback negotiated his own contract with the San Francisco 49ers two years ago, when he was coming off surgeries on both Achilles tendons. In a San Francisco Chronicle story by Eric Branch, Sherman said that general manager John Lynch had agreed to give Sherman the $1 million play-time bonus he'd get if he played 90 percent of the defensive snaps.

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