This is called motivation.
Originally Posted by: DarkaneRules
2016 Running Back Cap Hit Rankings
PLAYER 2016 CAP-HIT
1 Adrian Peterson $12,000,000
2 Jonathan Stewart $9,550,000
3 Doug Martin $8,000,000
4 LeSean McCoy $7,675,000
5 DeMarco Murray $6,000,000
C.J. Anderson $6,000,000
7 Lamar Miller $5,500,000
8 Jamaal Charles $5,312,500
9 Shane Vereen $4,916,666
10 Ezekiel Elliott $4,537,516
11 C.J. Spiller $4,500,000
Darren Sproles $4,500,000
13 Ryan Mathews $4,000,000
Frank Gore $4,000,000
15 Justin Forsett $3,700,000
16 Dexter McCluster $3,650,000
17 Chris Ivory $3,468,750
18 Todd Gurley $3,141,632
19 Danny Woodhead $3,000,000
Matt Forte $3,000,000
21 Rashad Jennings $2,812,500
22 DeAngelo Williams $2,565,000
23 Mark Ingram $2,510,000
24 Melvin Gordon $2,424,948
25 James Starks $2,250,000
26 Darren McFadden $2,150,000
27 Roy Helu $2,000,000
Ronnie Hillman $2,000,000
29 Spencer Ware $1,850,000
30 Bilal Powell $1,733,333
31 Andre Ellington $1,696,966
32 Giovani Bernard $1,671,517
33 Benny Cunningham $1,671,000
34 Chris Johnson $1,500,000
35 T.J. Yeldon $1,344,040
36 Le'Veon Bell $1,311,100
37 Alfred Morris $1,300,000
38 Brandon Bolden $1,272,500
39 Cedric Peerman $1,210,000
40 Taiwan Jones $1,150,000
41 Dion Lewis $1,087,500
42 Eddie Lacy $1,079,40443 Bishop Sankey $1,048,209
44 Jeremy Hill $1,023,710
45 Carlos Hyde $1,004,094
46 Khiry Robinson $990,000
47 Lance Dunbar $987,500
48 Derrick Henry $983,259
49 LeGarrette Blount $975,000
50 Ameer Abdullah $944,574
If getting a new contract doesn't motivate Eddie an "I don't know" response from Mike to the media sure won't.