{"id":22691,"date":"2024-09-26T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=22691"},"modified":"2024-09-26T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:41:29","slug":"ravens-sign-pass-rusher-yannick-ngakoue-to-practice-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ravens-sign-pass-rusher-yannick-ngakoue-to-practice-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens sign pass rusher Yannick Ngakoue to practice squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baltimore Ravens <\/a>are bringing back a familiar face to bolster its pass rush. They signed edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue to their practice squad, according to the NFL\u2019s transaction wire.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESPN reported the news first.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngakoue, had been wasting on the free-agent market all offseason and three weeks into the 2024 season. The ninth-year defensive end appeared in 13 matches for the <a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chicago-bears-become-no-1-overall-pick-in-2023-nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago Bears <\/a>in 2023, totaling four sacks, six tackles for loss and seven QB hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining the Ravens will be Ngakoue\u2019s sixth change in residence in five years; he has played for the Jaguars, Vikings, Ravens, Raiders, Colts, Bears and is now back to Baltimore since 2019. His last stint with the Ravens was only for nine games in 2020, when he recorded three sacks for John Harbaugh and Co. after a midseason transfer from Minnesota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngakoue will want to bring spice to a 2024 Baltimore defense currently ranking 17th in sack rate and 32nd in passing yards permitted per match (291.7).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said in May that he wanted to \u201cre-establish\u2019\u2019 himself as one of the best pass rushers in the NFL and wait for the \u201cperfect opportunity\u2019\u2019 to arise. Ngakoue seems to have found one with the Ravens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>League enthusiasts expect to see him make his debut for Baltimore this week when they host the Buffalo Bills (2-0) on Sunday Night Football on September 29th.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens are bringing back a familiar face to bolster its pass rush. They signed edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue to their practice squad, according to the NFL\u2019s transaction wire.\u00a0 ESPN reported the news first.&nbsp; Ngakoue, had been wasting on the free-agent market all offseason and three weeks into the 2024 season. The ninth-year defensive end appeared in 13 matches for the Chicago Bears in 2023, totaling four sacks, six tackles for loss and seven QB hits.\u00a0 Joining the Ravens will be Ngakoue\u2019s sixth change in residence in five years; he has played for the Jaguars, Vikings, Ravens, Raiders, Colts, Bears and is now back to Baltimore since 2019. His last stint with the Ravens was only for nine games in 2020, when he recorded three sacks for John Harbaugh and Co. after a midseason transfer from Minnesota.&nbsp; Ngakoue will want to bring spice to a 2024 Baltimore defense currently ranking 17th in sack rate and 32nd in passing yards permitted per match (291.7).&nbsp; He said in May that he wanted to \u201cre-establish\u2019\u2019 himself as one of the best pass rushers in the NFL and wait for the \u201cperfect opportunity\u2019\u2019 to arise. Ngakoue seems to have found one with the Ravens.&nbsp; League enthusiasts expect to see him make his debut for Baltimore this week when they host the Buffalo Bills (2-0) on Sunday Night Football on September 29th.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,159,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-football-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ravens sign Ngakoue to practice squad - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Baltimore Ravens reached out to an old friend over the weekend, by signing pass rusher Yannick Ngakoue back to their squad.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ravens-sign-pass-rusher-yannick-ngakoue-to-practice-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ravens sign Ngakoue to practice squad - 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