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Payton Wilson

Pittsburgh Steelers
Pos LB
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2026 Cap Hit
$1.5M
APY
$1.4M/yr
Total Guaranteed
$890K
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2024
Est. Value
$8.7M/yr
underpaid by $7.3M/yr

Estimate: 4 yrs, $35M total · range $4.2M to $15.5M a year · How it is built →

Comps6 deals
Nate LandmanLAR · signed 2025
3 yr · $7.5M/yr
45
Zach CunninghamTEN · signed 2022
3 yr · $11.0M/yr
46
Patrick QueenPIT · signed 2024
1 yr · $13.7M/yr
41
Travin HowardLAR · signed 2022
1 yr · $2.5M/yr
44
Josey JewellDEN · signed 2022
2 yr · $5.5M/yr
50
NG
Nate GerryWAS · signed 2022
1 yr · $1.0M/yr
44

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

YearCap HitBaseBonusDead $Cap Savings
2024$1.0M$795K$223K
2025$1.3M$1.0M$223K$0$1.3M
2026$1.5M$1.3M$223K$445K$1.1M
2027$1.8M$1.6M$223K$223K$1.6M

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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