Yahoo Sports NFL on Jahmyr Gibbs
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Rolling guarantees make this contract harder to cut Jahmyr Gibbs...if the Lions were to cut Gibbs in 2028, they would still be on the hook for that entire salary, because it became fully guaranteed in March of 2027.
STACKED’s take
Gibbs' rolling guarantees make him expensive to cut; $20M dead cap if released in 2029.
The Lions structured Gibbs' three-year extension with rolling guarantees that make the contract harder to cut than it appears; $8 million of his 2028 salary is already guaranteed, and the remaining $2.25 million becomes guaranteed if he's on the roster in March 2027. If cut in 2028, the Lions would still owe the full $10.25 million salary because it became fully guaranteed in March 2027. Similar rolling guarantees apply to 2029 salary ($8 million guaranteed if on roster in March 2028, $3.5 million guaranteed if on roster in March 2029), making a 2029 cut extremely costly at ~$20 million in dead cap (though a June 1 designation could split this over two years).
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