New 49ers defensive end Dee Ford on trade from Chiefs: ‘I needed this, bro’ | Yahoo! Sports
To Ford, the cold, hard cash is tangible proof that he is, in fact, a good player, someone who lived up to his status as the No. 23 overall pick in 2014, even though the team that drafted him (Kansas City) didn’t value him enough to ante up.
“I feel appreciated,” said Ford, who had just gotten off a phone call with the 49ers brass and his agent and mentor, Adisa Bakari, minutes before.