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Yannick Ngakoue a free roll for Bears, Ryan Poles

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Yannick Ngakoue (91) trips up Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) in the Bears’ 20-9 victory over the Raiders on Oct. 10, 2021 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. They are now teammates after the Bears signed Ngakoue to a one-year contract.

Yannick Ngakoue is a rarity in the NFL — the vagabond pass rusher. Defensive ends as productive as Ngakoue has been — 65 sacks and 21 forced fumbles in seven seasons — don’t usually get away. Yet the Bears are Ngakoue’s sixth team the last four years.

So there might be something to Ngakoue’s contention that fate put him at Halas Hall on Friday.