More trade news: The #Chiefs are deep in talks with the #49ers on a trade for star pass-rusher Dee Ford, sources say. Things have escalated and this could get done by the end of the night. Ford needs to work out a new contract with SF, which is a big piece of this.
The Kansas City Chiefs picked up Ford’s fifth year option after the 2017 season and gave Ford one year to prove he deserved a big contract. He did just that, by staying healthy for all 16 games (and both playoff games). Along the way, he put up 13 sacks and made a Pro Bowl appearance in 2018. Still the Chiefs were unwilling to offer a big contract given Ford’s ongoing back issues, and the team utilized the franchise tag on Ford with the goal of dealing him.
In the end, the 49ers traded their 2020 second round pick to the Chiefs and signed him to a massive extension that came in at five years and $85.5 million. The deal had over $33 million guaranteed to Ford. For their part, the Chiefs moved on from their 2014 first-round pick in favor of making a big splash with the trade of their 1st round pick in 2019 and their own 2nd round pick in 2020 to the Seattle Seahawks for Frank Clark. Clark was integral in the Chiefs’ defensive turnaround the second half of 2019 and in winning the Super Bowl LIV Championship. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
His injury guarantee vests in April. That 11.6 million is from the 2021 regular season, it comes forward as a guarantee.
2020 is over. This is about 2021.
From spotrac
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$11.6M of 2021 salary fully guarantees 4/1/2021 (injury guaranteed at signing)
11.6 was guaranteed for injury. So unless he passes his physical by April 1 they owe him that money even if he's cut. And then on that day it becomes fully guaranteed regardless. [Reply]
It's pretty funny to read back through this thread, especially on Oct. 14th, 2019, where DJ (great poster) and Chief-n-Bama (shit poster) were taking victory laps on Veach being a fucking idiot and ruining this team with his trades and FA moves and other decisions (hiring Spags, for example) . . . . . . . .
Fast forward a year and half and two Super Bowl appearances later . . . . . . :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
Agree with this. It’s hard to state exactly how bad that defense was. The stats don’t do it justice. The eye test (believe it or not) is worse.
Just watch the tackling on the road against Denver. It was horrible.
What’s wild is I always thought they had one of their BETTER performances that year in the AFCCG. [Reply]