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Pay vs Performance

Cincinnati Bengals roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-09-13
Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filteringRole (snap share) exists for every position
Roster contracts
42
Roster APY
$282.3M
Rookie-scale deals
21
Top-quartile deals
8
League median APY
$2M
Market read
17roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
1top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
6below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.

Pay vs role

Bengals roster · 42 contracts plotted · each vs his own position market
Snap-share percentile
0255075100
League median payLeague median roleRole ahead of payPremium starterLow-cost depthPay ahead of role
9
Burrow
1
5
97
53
6
93
92
88
Gesicki
98
16
64
94
89
66
Risner
99
23
42
44
90
34
63
35
20
29
27
49
74
25
28
47
52
30
37
80
38
12
11
87
43
50
36
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample

Biggest rank gaps

Cincinnati Bengals roster · role lens · gap within each position market
Role ahead of pay
+128
Andrei IosivasWR
PAY 149
ROLE 21
$1.0M
76.6% snaps
Rookie scale
+84
Chase BrownRB
PAY 94
ROLE 10
$1M
66.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+67
DJ Turner IICB
PAY 90
ROLE 23
$1.5M
89.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+66
Jordan BattleS
PAY 79
ROLE 13
$1.3M
96.1% snaps
Rookie scale
+59
Barrett CarterLB
PAY 101
ROLE 42
$1.3M
72.7% snaps
Rookie scale
+49
Dax HillCB
PAY 62
ROLE 13
$2.9M
92.9% snaps
Rookie scale
Pay ahead of role
-49
Mike GesickiTE
PAY 18
ROLE 67
$8.5M
28.9% snaps
Veteran
-45
Shemar StewartEDGE
PAY 66
ROLE 111
$4.7M
25.7% snaps
Rookie scale
-38
Boye MafeEDGE
PAY 24
ROLE 62
$20M
48.1% snaps
Veteran
-32
Joe BurrowQB
PAY 3
ROLE 35
$55M
43% snaps
Veteran
-24
Bryan CookS
PAY 11
ROLE 35
$13.4M
82.4% snaps
Veteran
-19
Oren BurksLB
PAY 65
ROLE 84
$2.5M
31.2% snaps
Veteran

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SEP 12
4:01 PM
ELEVATED
Elevated
cin (official) · REPORTRead original report →
SEP 12
4:01 PM
ELEVATED
Elevated
cin (official) · REPORTRead original report →
SEP 11
9:30 PM
ROLE
Reported atop the EDGE room
John Sheeran · QUOTE“second-round pick Cashius Howell, who's been preparing as the Bengals' third edge defender behind starters Myles Murphy ”Read original report →
SEP 11
9:29 PM
ELIGIBILITY
Ruled eligible
Zac Taylor · QUOTE“Turner participated in Friday's practice and is "good to go" according to Taylor”Read original report →
SEP 11
2:52 PM
STATUS
Listed Doubtful Week 1
Adam Schefter · REPORTRead original report →
SEP 10
2:40 PM
STATUS
Did not practice
Ben Baby · REPORTRead original report →
SEP 9
12:16 PM
CHART MOVE
Now first-team DT
WAS DEXTER LAWRENCE II
Official team depth chart (2026-09-08) · REPORTRead original report →
SEP 8
9:18 PM
CHART MOVE
Now first-team DT
WAS JONATHAN ALLEN
Official team depth chart (None) · REPORTRead original report →