Ford would’ve been due ~$15.4M on franchise tag, so he gets a roughly $5M raise in 2019. If it doesn’t work out, they cut Ford after 2019 and carry $6.4M in dead money. If it does, they have a cost-controlled rusher for $14.5M in 2020, $16M in 2021, $17M in 2022, $17M in 2023.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 16, 2019