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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bigbubbatd" data-source="post: 884660" data-attributes="member: 10784">It does not sound like it is that simple to cut Cousins.Overthecap says this about Cousins contract - <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2022 salary fully guarantees on the 3rd league day of 2021 (injury guaranteed now)</li> </ul>This <a href="https://www.profootballnetwork.com/kirk-cousins-contract/" target="_blank">article</a> also expands on it.  "The problem with the contract is in the details. As it stands, the third year of Cousins’ deal is not guaranteed, which would mean the Vikings could get out of the deal with only the $10 million prorated signing bonus counting against the cap. However, it is not that simple because Cousins’ $35 million salary in 2022 becomes fully guaranteed on the third day of the 2021 league year.Therefore, the Vikings have close to an impossible decision in March 2021. They could cut Cousins and prevent the 2022 salary from becoming guaranteed, meaning Cousins would count a whopping $45 million against the cap in 2022 if they did not further restructure his deal. However, cutting Cousins in 2021 to prevent that money in 2022 from becoming guaranteed would mean the Vikings would have to eat the prorated $10 million signing bonuses for both 2021 and 2022 as well as the $21 million in guaranteed salary Cousins is due in 2022."So essentially the Vikings are tied to Cousins for two more years or will take huge cap hits.</blockquote>

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