ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs selected an outside linebacker in the second round in each of the past two drafts, sending a rather direct message to one of their veteran starters, Dee Ford.
It's time for Ford to deliver like the first-round draft pick he was in 2014. That's something he hasn't done other than a brilliant nine-game stretch to start the 2016 season, one in which he registered a league-high 10 sacks.
The message was received.
"I see [this season] as an opportunity to bring everything together," said Ford, who has only 7.