Yet another edge pa s rusher won't be hitting the open market.On Monday, not long after , , and all got hit with the franchise tag by their respective teams, , as first reported by Albert Breer of The Monday Morning Quarterback. Ford, a 2014 first-round pick who erupted for a career-high 13 sacks in 2018, will return to Kansas City for at least one more season -- unle s the
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MLB New York Yankees have until July 15 to hammer out a long-term contract agreement. Otherwise, he'll play under a one-year deal. The The Chiefs might want Ford to prove that his 2018 output wasn't an outlier before they commit long-term money to him. Ford has reached double-digit sack totals just twice in five seasons. In those five seasons, he's accumulated 30.5 sacks for an average of roughly six sacks per season. He was fantastic in 2018 -- -- which makes it impo sible for the team to let him walk away in free agency, but that doesn't mean they'll be eager to give him a long-term deal. At some point, the Chiefs are going to have to pay
New York Yankees a boatload of money, and guys like and , both of whom are entering the final year of their deals, won't be cheap. Despite the application of the tag, there's still a chance Ford won't be back in Kansas City in 2019, though. that
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