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Free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins will sign the largest fully guaranteed contract in NFL history if he formally agrees to join the Minnesota Vikings later this week, as first reported by
ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
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Cousins, 29, purportedly plans to sign a 3-year contract that fully guarantees $84 million at signing. That means
Cousins will receive the entire balance of the contract regardless of whether he is injured or the team opts to cut him for poor performance.That total trumps previous highs set by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, whose five-year, $137.5 million deal included $41.7 million guaranteed at signing, and Detroit Lions quarterback Matt Stafford, whose five-year, $135 million last September included $60.5 million fully guaranteed at signing, according to
Spotrac.
Cousins’ contract has an average value of $28 million per season, which also makes him the highest-paid in NFL history on an annual basis. Garoppolo, who is set to earn $27.5 million on an average annual basis, held the previous record for about one month.
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