NFL Salary
Pay vs Performance
New England Patriots roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-10-28Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filtering
Roster contracts
61
Roster APY
$325.2M
Rookie-scale deals
30
Top-quartile deals
18
League median APY
$1.5M
Market read
20roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
3top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
2below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.
Pay vs role
Patriots roster · 61 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 roleGonzalezBrownBrown
0
1
97
90
7
87
2
5
25
14
66
10
38
76
85
31
53
80
74
13
44
99
41
32
16
50
77
9
82
18
55
4
65
92
28
33
80
21
68
48
45
23
94
93
43
72
54
29
84
22
86
91
3
27
36
49
35
48
26
34
84
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample
Biggest rank gaps
New England Patriots roster · role lens · gap within each position marketRole ahead of pay
+155
Elijah PonderEDGE
PAY 171
ROLE 16
$993K
75.5% snaps
Rookie scale
+140
DeMario DouglasWR
PAY 205
ROLE 65
$993K
55% snaps
Rookie scale
+113
Efton Chism IIIWR
PAY 203
ROLE 90
$997K
41.8% snaps
Rookie scale
+77
Charles WoodsCB
PAY 158
ROLE 81
$1M
51.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+75
Ryan MillerWR
PAY 244
ROLE 169
$248K
12.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+52
Cory DurdenDT
PAY 88
ROLE 36
$1.1M
50% snaps
Rookie scale
Pay ahead of role
-112
A.J. BrownWR
PAY 9
ROLE 121
$32M
28.6% snaps
Veteran
-79
Brenden SchoolerS
PAY 40
ROLE 119
$3M
2.5% snaps
Veteran
-78
Carlton Davis IIICB
PAY 15
ROLE 93
$18M
37.5% snaps
Veteran
-77
Christian BarmoreEDGE
PAY 21
ROLE 98
$21M
41.9% snaps
Veteran
-56
Christian GonzalezCB
PAY 1
ROLE 57
$33.8M
70.1% snaps
Veteran
-55
Harold Landry IIILB
PAY 14
ROLE 69
$14.5M
56.7% snaps
Veteran
OCT 27
5:05 AM
LCB
INJURY
Status changed to Inactive — Neck
ACTIVE → INACTIVE
official · QUOTE“status change recorded Oct 26, 2:40 PM ET”
OCT 26
5:15 PM
LG
CHART MOVE
Now first-team LG
WAS MATT PRYOR
