Yannick Ngakoue Not Returning
 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...turn-to-colts/

I'd say I'm perfectly fine with this (I'd certainly disagree he was a "tremendous player for us") but all the same, it represents another failed attempt at getting a pass rusher and one that still hasn't been corrected.

No surprise there.

Quarterback and pass rusher are the two hardest things to find and the two things Ballard hasn't nailed yet. Pass rusher is even harder than quarterback in my opinion to find.

Would have been very surprising if we re-signed Yannick after signing Ebukam.

thank god

he was fucking terrible

I agree, he did nothing in my eyes, yes he got a few sacks, but most of those were not due to something special that he did himself and even Ben Banogu may have got the same production, if he was given the same chances. He wasn't creating anything close to havoc for offensive tackles, and was a complete liability against the run.

Looks like neither player involved in that trade stuck with their new team. Ya-Sin signed with the Ravens today.

https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/s...59603707482112


From one of the Raiders beat reporters:

https://twitter.com/VicTafur/status/1653862540760461314

Bummer. I was hoping we'd bring Rock back. Although with how much we loaded up at CB in the draft suppose it makes sense that we didn't.

They nearly drafted a whole secondary. 4 DBs, the shortest one is 6'1", and all if them are fairly high end athletes even by NFL standards.

As I stated earlier we definitely loaded up at CB. But you can never have enough at CB, and playing too prominent of a role this season might be too much to ask for a 5th and 7th rounder. Also, I read that Brents is still recovering from a wrist injury and will have to play catch up in training camp.