Old-fashioned good news, bad news from the Las Vegas Raiders’ injury report ahead of their Week Two matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Athletic’s Tashan Reed reported that Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue will play with his hamstring injury, but Josh Jacobs’ toe and ankle injuries will hold him out of action.
Having Ngakoue is a big boost to Las Vegas’ defense, especially since the team feared he might be seriously injured on Tuesday. The veteran pass rusher had six pressures on just 22 pass rushes before exiting the game on Monday night, and his debut with the Raiders was something the organization hadn’t seen in quite some time, as PFF’s Austin Gayle pointed out.