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Originally Posted by rcubed

Whats the diff between fully guaranteed and total guarantees? Doesn’t guaranteed mean guaranteed?

"Fully guaranteed" means that the player will be receiving that money - no matter the circumstances.

Additionally, part of the contract could be guaranteed for a specific condition - such as guaranteed for injury only. That means that if the player suffers a football-related injury, cannot pass the team physical and is released, he will be owed that money that is injury guaranteed. On the other hand, if the player is healthy and cut for skill or salary cap reasons, that money is not due to the player.

Likewise, there could be amounts guaranteed for skill or cap purposes - although guaranteed for injury is probably used the most often of those three on an individual basis.