This was my concern with Yannick. Why the movement from team to team?
3.
Yannick Ngakoue signing with the Raiders. I loved the Vikings’ trade for Ngakoue last season and thought he’d be a great addition to their defensive front. Then I watched him run up the field and avoid contact and run past the passer and I understood why Jacksonville traded him and why the Vikings wanted him gone.
The Ravens learned the hard way, and at certain points during their season, they kept Ngakoue off the field even in passing situations.
The worst place to be in football is past the quarterback, and yet Ngakoue loves to run past the passer as if he gets rewarded for being close to the quarterback’s launch point. When two teams walk away after trading significant assets, my antennas go up. He has 25 quarterback hits in the last 30 games and 16 sacks — and unless this improves,
his $21 million guarantee will not make the Raiders happy.