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Denzel Ward

Cleveland BrownsOVERPAID
Pos CB
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2026 Cap Hit
$19.0M
APY
$31.1M/yr
Total Guaranteed
$113.5M
Years on Deal
5
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$14.7M/yr
overpaid by $16.4M/yr

Estimate: 1 yrs, $15M total · range $13.6M to $17.0M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Charvarius WardIND · signed 2025
2 yr · $18.0M/yr
74
Jourdan LewisJAX · signed 2025
4 yr · $10.0M/yr
82
Paulson AdeboNYG · signed 2025
2 yr · $18.0M/yr
76
Rasul DouglasGB · signed 2022
3 yr · $7.0M/yr
77
J.C. JacksonNE · signed 2022
5 yr · $16.5M/yr
78
D.J. ReedNYJ · signed 2022
3 yr · $11.0M/yr
78

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$32.9M$16.9M$0$0$0
2026$19.0M$1.3M$17.2M$72.0M$0
2027$18.8M$1.3M$13.2M$53.4M$0
2028$41.3M$27.3M$9.5M$20.5M$20.8M
2029$41.5M$27.8M$6.7M$11.0M$30.5M
2030$11.6M$0$4.3M$4.3M$7.4M

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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