It makes no sense to do anything but pay Dee Ford long term.

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Originally Posted by Hoover

You tag him. Keep him for another year.

That allows you a couple of things

1. Helps us deal with Houston's monster contract. I think you keep both Houston and Ford for 2019, then you can save 17.5 Million on the cap by cutting Houston after 2019.

2. If Ford delivers in 2019 then we have a difficult decision to make. Personally, I think we draft OLBs and don't hand out massive contracts like this to defensive players because the modern NFL doesn't reward defensive play.

I actually think Ford is the type of player you'd hand a deal out to. He relies on speed. That's what NFL defenses these days are all about.

Whether his body can hold up, I dunno.