Woman Named 'Dee Ford' Mistaken on Twitter for Being Chiefs LB Who Was Offsides

An innocent woman is being mistaken for being the Chiefs' linebacker who was offsides late in the AFC Championship.

It's a bad time to be someone named Dee Ford, as one woman came to realize on Monday.

Ford, a middle-aged British surveyor from Gillingham, has been receiving threats from angry Chiefs fans after their Dee Ford—a male, 6'2" 250-pound outside linebacker on a professional football team—lined up offsides in the late stages of Sunday's AFC Championship game against the Patriots. The call negated an interception by Charvarius Ward that could have iced the game and sent Kansas City to Super Bowl LIII.

According to her tweets, Ford was actually asleep when the AFC Championship game aired and woke up to a thread of backlash in her mentions when the Chiefs lost 37–31 in overtime.

In England we learn proper football. I bet I could do it. Even in pee wee https://t.co/T8JwOCiAid

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019

Oh please. If you’re going to swear, spell it properly. https://t.co/3a272mCBnf

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019

300 pound? How dare you sir. #doublechin https://t.co/Y3efZw69zI

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019

Ford also got a number of more heated messages in her private inbox.

His whole year ruined. His whole year! Ps Dee’s not married me. I’m in the market for other Auburn men. Not you. Your personality is uglier. 😂 pic.twitter.com/swYdXD3qV1

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019

😂🙄😂 pic.twitter.com/zKJIV3aAGx

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019

Thankfully, Ford seems to be taking the mix-up alright, even poking fun at the potential of getting offers during free agency.

Brilliant!! 😂😂 https://t.co/kjSGcyWJEc

— Dee (@dee_ford) January 21, 2019