NFL Salary
Pay vs Performance
New Orleans Saints roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-09-12Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filtering
Roster contracts
49
Roster APY
$225.7M
Rookie-scale deals
21
Top-quartile deals
12
League median APY
$2M
Market read
18roster 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.
1below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.
Pay vs role
Saints roster · 49 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 roleBlackmonStutsmanTillman
12
99
76
96
78
3
51
55
21
83
94
20
71
98
41
87
75
93
95
6
23
1
58
7
5
4
54
28
29
32
25
2
44
53
31
14
72
30
15
66
80
85
33
82
81
85
19
47
40
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample
Biggest rank gaps
New Orleans Saints roster · role lens · gap within each position marketRole ahead of pay
+105
Cedric TillmanWR
PAY 172
ROLE 67
$248K
47.6% snaps
One-year
+59
Kool-Aid McKinstryCB
PAY 67
ROLE 8
$2.3M
97.7% snaps
Rookie scale
+52
Kevin Austin Jr.WR
PAY 172
ROLE 120
$248K
21.5% snaps
One-year
+49
Devaughn VeleWR
PAY 137
ROLE 88
$1M
38.9% snaps
Rookie scale
+41
Mason TiptonWR
PAY 154
ROLE 113
$947K
26.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+38
Fadil DiggsLB
PAY 177
ROLE 139
$248K
4.9% snaps
One-year
Pay ahead of role
-48
Julian BlackmonS
PAY 45
ROLE 93
$2.5M
6% snaps
One-year
-43
John Ridgeway IIIDT
PAY 47
ROLE 90
$2.9M
6.6% snaps
Veteran
-33
Jaylan FordLB
PAY 137
ROLE 170
$1.1M
0.6% snaps
Rookie scale
-31
Chase YoungEDGE
PAY 29
ROLE 60
$17M
49.5% snaps
Veteran
-29
Ty ChandlerRB
PAY 65
ROLE 94
$1.2M
4.2% snaps
One-year
-27
Decamerion RichardsonCB
PAY 103
ROLE 130
$1.2M
1.2% snaps
Rookie scale
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