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Elijah Ponder

New England Patriots
Pos EDGE
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2026 Cap Hit
$1.0M
APY
$1.0M/yr
Total Guaranteed
$115K
Years on Deal
3
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$4.5M/yr
underpaid by $3.5M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $18M total · range $1.9M to $8.6M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Alex WrightCLE · signed 2025
4 yr · $11.0M/yr
26
Baron BrowningARI · signed 2025
1 yr · $7.5M/yr
25
Myles ColeNO · signed 2026
1 yr · $1.0M/yr
30
Kentavius StreetNO · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.3M/yr
25
Jordan WillisSF · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.1M/yr
24
TC
Taco CharltonKC · signed 2021
1 yr · $1.1M/yr
30

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2025$845K$840K$5K$0$845K
2026$1.0M$1.0M$5K$10K$1.0M
2027$1.1M$1.1M$5K$5K$1.1M

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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