The Dallas Cowboys may not be having a good game, but there was a positive moment in the early going. Trailing 14-0 at home to the Minnesota Vikings, the defense desperately needed a stop to try and swing momentum back to the home team.

On third down, they were finally able to converge on Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins. And one player made just shy of $1 million for his efforts. Robert Quinn, acquired in an offseason trade with the Miami Dolphins for a lowly sixth-round pick in next April’s draft, renegotiated his contract to come to Dallas. He gave back $4 million of base salary, but had an important clause.

He was to make $800,000 if he accrued seven or more sacks on the season, one more than his total in 2018. After being suspended the first two games, Quinn has been lights out for Dallas and on Sunday night he got a sack to reach 7.5 on the season.