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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
More like a Jaguar XJ220.
It really only does one thing well (though it does do that thing quite well) but only when the sun is shining, the ground is dry and the wind is calm. Oh, and if it hasn't already broken down, but since it's a Jaguar it's pretty much always broken down.
It costs more than it should for a one-trick pony, it looks REALLY good on the showroom but never quite lives up to its billing. And ultimately years of attempts to baby the engineering yielded a product that just isn't what it was capable of being.
Dee Ford is just a super finicky, really unreliable, ultimately mediocre supercar.
And for some strange reason the 49ers kept kinda treating him like a work truck. Dude's just not that guy. I mean you damn near can't even have him out there practicing.
You just accept him for what he is (and is not), use him on 3rd downs and hope you have him when you need him at the end of the season.
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The reason they treat him that way is because of this little tidbit that came out before the Super Bowl:
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With Ford-13 games / Without Ford-6 games (playing four or zero snaps).
Points Per Game Allowed: 16.6 (with) / 25.8 (without)
Differential: 9.2 less points given up with Ford
Passing Yards Allowed Per Game: 162.7 (with) / 213.6 (without)
50.9 less passing yards allowed per game with Ford
Sacks Per Game: 4 (with) / 1.5 (without)
2.5 more sacks a game with Ford.
Nick Bosa: 11 Sacks (with Ford) / 2 sacks (without Ford)
9 more sacks in total with Ford in uniform.
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The simple fact is that without Dee Ford, their entire game plan isn't the same.