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ag to Dee Ford Armani Watts Jersey , they’ll surely designate him as a linebacker, because he has played linebacker in the team’s 3-4 defense. Ford may argue that he’s actually a defensive end, based on the number of times he rushes the passer versus the number of times he stands up and plays linebacker.It’s a difference of several million dollars under the tag, with the defensive end tender carrying the higher value. And while the tender is driven by the position at which the player took the most snaps in the prior year, officially adopting a 4-3 defense and Dorian O’Daniel Jersey , in turn, formally making Ford a defensive end, would create an avoidable point of contention in the potential grievance to come.That’s possibly why new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo specifically avoided applying a label to the defense, or to Ford’s role in it, when talking to reporters on Wednesday.Eleven years ago Derrick Nnadi Jersey , the Ravens and Terrell Suggs grappled over the issue, resolving the grievance by creating a hybrid characterization — one that has never been adopted by the league for all potential similar situations. Ford could have a strong case for a similar outcome; his case for escaping the middle-ground hybrid role and being regarded as a defensive end could be even stronger if the Chiefs were to acknowledge that, in the 2019 defensive scheme, that’s what he’ll be. The Chiefs wide receiver’s status is unchanged, and he will participate in the voluntary offseason team activities"Exactly one month after reports surfaced that Overland Park police were investigating an alleged incident of battery at the home of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill — the Chiefs are beginning their voluntary offseason program.And as first reported by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport Breeland Speaks Jersey , Hill will be participating.As Rapoport noted, Hill has not been charged of any crime.So his status with the Chiefs and the NFL remains unchanged... for now.Since the initial report on March 15, there has been no official word on the outcome of the Overland Park police investigation, or what was reported to be a parallel investigation by the Kansas Department for Children and Families.Speaking to the media during the NFL meetings in Phoenix on March 26, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that on the advice of counsel Patrick Mahomes Jersey , he had not spoken to Hill.Reid was referring to a March 15 team statement saying only that the team was aware of the investigation, and was in the process of gathering information about it from the league and local authorities.In a tweet that same day, Yahoo! Sports’ Terez Paylor provided an additional statement from Reid.On April 2, Hill posted a video to his YouTube account that portrayed him in offseason workouts.In the video, Hill made no mention of the ongoing investigation.Reports have indicated that Overland Park police were called to Hill’s home on two different occasions — first on March 5 Travis Kelce Jersey , and then again on March 14.But March 5 also marked the last report that Hill and the Chiefs were in contract negotiations, which had previously been reported as an offseason priority for the team.