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Demetrius Knight

Cincinnati Bengals
Pos LB
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2026 Cap Hit
$2.0M
APY
$2.3M/yr
Total Guaranteed
$7.1M
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$8.3M/yr
underpaid by $6.0M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $33M total · range $1.9M to $18.9M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Zack BaunPHI · signed 2025
4 yr · $17.0M/yr
36
Jordyn BrooksMIA · signed 2024
4 yr · $17.1M/yr
37
Leighton Vander EschDAL · signed 2022
1 yr · $2.0M/yr
35
Blake CashmanHOU · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.8M/yr
34
VB
Vince BiegelBAL · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.0M/yr
32
Dre GreenlawSF · signed 2022
2 yr · $8.2M/yr
40

The score is how good each player rated at his position when he signed, out of 100.

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$1.6M$840K$799K$0$1.6M
2026$2.0M$1.2M$799K$5.5M$0
2027$2.5M$1.7M$799K$3.4M$0
2028$2.9M$2.1M$799K$969K$1.9M

Cap Scenario What-if

Cap Savings
$0
Dead Money
$0

Release and Trade carry the same cap impact; a Post-June 1 designation spreads the dead money across two seasons.

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