It did not take lengthy for Kenyan Drake to search out his new NFL team, because the working again is about to signal with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday, pending a bodily, per CBS Sports NFL Insider Josina Anderson. Drake was one of many first notable names to be cut within the midst of the preseason, because the Las Vegas Raiders had some robust selections to make with a crowded backfield.
Drake spent only one season with the Raiders, and recorded 545 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns in 12 video games performed. With new head coach Josh McDaniels coming in, nevertheless, the offense was going to look completely different.
“Truthfully, I felt just like the writing has been on the wall lately — like throughout the final two to a few weeks,” Drake told Anderson after the information of his launch broke. “I by no means felt like I had a good shot to essentially compete for the job coming off the harm. On the finish of the day that is enterprise. … I really feel like as time progressed by means of camp there actually wasn’t a job for me to have anymore, as a result of that they had guys that they introduced in, they traded for and I used to be type of odd man out, particularly coming off my harm. Apart from that, I am at peace with it as a result of I do know my capabilities as a participant, and I do know individuals are going to make use of me how I positively really feel like I have to be used, as a result of I am a playmaker.”
Initially a third-round decide of the Miami Dolphins out of Alabama in 2016, the two-time college football champion spent his first three-and-a-half NFL seasons in Miami earlier than being traded to the Arizona Cardinals in 2019. In 2020, he set career-highs with 955 speeding yards and 10 speeding touchdowns whereas crossing 1,000 yards from scrimmage for the third straight season.
Whereas Drake goes from one crowded backfield to a different, the Ravens have been CBS Sports activities’ Bryan DeArdo’s top potential landing spot for the veteran. Baltimore additionally has J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Mike Davis, Justice Hill and rookie Tyler Badie rostered at working again, however three of these 5 names are coming again after struggling season-ending accidents in 2021, and Edwards will miss the primary 4 weeks of the common season after being positioned on the PUP list.
