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In landing Yannick Ngakoue, stingy Ravens defense becomes lot scarier OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Trading for pass-rusher   Yannick Ngakoue   transforms a stout   Baltimore Ravens   defense into one of the NFL's scariest. No one would've criticized Baltimore for standing pat on defense before the trade deadline this year. The Ravens rank among the stingiest and most pressure-inducing defenses in the league, allowing the fewest points per game (17.3) and ranking second in the NFL in sacks (22). But like his blitz-happy defense, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta went on the attack to deliver another playmaker that should turn a really good defense into a great one. Acquiring Ngakoue from the  Minnesota Vikings  during the Ravens' bye provides the much sought-after quarterback-harassing bookend to pair with  Matthew Judon . Like most of the Ravens' recent trades, it didn't come at a great expense. Baltimore will send a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 conditional fifth-roun

Baltimore Ravens plan to sign WR Dez Bryant to practice squad Dez Bryant   has another workout scheduled with the Baltimore Ravens. The plan is for this one to end with a contract. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that the Ravens plan to sign the veteran WR to the practice squad if his workout goes well and he passes a physical, per a source informed of the situation. Bryant worked out for the Ravens back in August, but  no deal came to fruition . This week's check-in hopes to bear fruit. The former Dallas Cowboys All-Pro hasn't played a regular-season snap since 2017. The Cowboys cut Bryant in the spring of 2018. He signed a one-year deal in New Orleans in Nov. 2018 but  tore his Achilles tendon  two days later, abruptly ending his season. Bryant sat out all of 2019 in hopes of returning in 2020. The 31-year-old had no designs of retiring and continued to work out in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including catching passes from  Dak Prescott  and  Patrick Mah