Kansas City Chiefs: What should the Chiefs do with Dee Ford?

Also, and this is also important, Ford is a feast or famine type player. Coming off a 2016 season that saw him record ten sacks, he followed that up with two sacks in the six games he played before injury.

In 2015, he recorded four sacks. Thus far in 2018, Ford has recorded eight sacks and 16 quarterback hits. What will his numbers look like next season?

It’s hard to fathom the idea of giving massive money to a player that is great one play, series, season and then is average the next. Again, we can blame injuries for the inconsistency, but injuries are a part of the narrative with Dee Ford.

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Franchising a player gives the Chiefs at least another season with both Ford and possibly Houston on the outside. By franchising him, you allow yourself the freedom to work a trade. Yes, technically, if a team signs a player with the franchise tag, the price is two first round picks.

Obviously, unless it’s a quarterback, no one is giving that up. For a team with the depth issues I’ve previously mentioned, however, perhaps you can get a package that allows you to address the issues through the draft. Why does that matter? Simple.

Lastly, never underestimate the power of the contract year. Much like father time, it’s undefeated. Is Ford playing harder, faster, prepared better because of the contract year? I don’t know for sure, but I do know this, playing for a contract has a funny way of bringing out the best in players.

Next offseason, and perhaps the 2020 offseason after that, the Kansas City Chiefs will be paying out some massive contracts. I have no foundation for this other than I’d pay Mahomes more than Aaron Rodgers going forward. Rodgers is getting 33.5 per season.

So what will Mahomes get? Well, my early uneducated guess is somewhere in the range of six years and 240 million dollars. Boom.