Ford has officially signed his restricted free agent tender from the Ravens, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports.
The tender amounts to $1.67 million, but Ford will have to make the team out of training camp to earn it. Joining an already-crowded tight-end corps including veteran Dennis Pitta (hip), 2015 second-rounder Maxx Williams, Crockett Gilmore (shoulder/back), and the newly-signed Ben Watson, Ford would presumably need to turn heads in training camp to earn the sum. Should Ford do so, he would most likely need multiple injuries to the aforementioned leaders of the Ravens' TE depth chart to make any fantasy noise.