Yannick Ngakoue a free roll for Bears, Ryan Poles

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. (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

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. A Bears organization that is always looking for edge rushers — their last home-grown pass rusher to make the Pro Bowl was Richard Dent in 1993 — and a productive defensive end forever looking for a home seems like a perfect match.