Green Bay Packers sign DT Devonte Wyatt

Devonte Wyatt's three-year, $57 million extension with the Packers carries a $19 million average annual value that slots him firmly into upper-echelon defensive tackle territory—and the C Contract Value Index grades it as precisely what it is: market-rate compensation for a starter-level producer, neither a bargain nor a steal. At that AAV, Wyatt is paid like an elite interior lineman, which means Green Bay is betting his on-field impact justifies full freight; the question is whether a defensive tackle in that salary tier actually moves the needle enough to warrant the commitment. The structure—$57 million over three years—frontloads risk in an era where the defensive line market has compressed, and there's legitimate debate about whether interior line production scales linearly with the dollars spent, especially given the positional depth available in free agency and the draft. For the Packers, this is a "prove it" deal: Wyatt needs to deliver consistent starter-to-plus production across all three years to make this anything better than fair value. The offseason narrative has acknowledged the upside—the team clearly views the risk as worthwhile—but value-per-dollar tells a cleaner story: you're paying for what he is right now, not what he could become, and that's a fair but not advantageous trade for a franchise in preseason mode.