The Raiders were reserved in free agency, but bringing back Koonce was the right focus

In hindsight, the Las Vegas Raiders felt that last season started going south days before it even began. A turning point might have come in the second official game-week practice of the year ahead of the opener against the Los Angeles Chargers, when edge rusher Malcolm Koonce suffered a season-ending torn ACL. Las Vegas wound up one of the most injured teams in the NFL on the season as a whole, with coach-at-the-time Antonio Pierce later pinpointing the loss of Koonce as hurting the worst of all the absences. Teammates including fellow edge rusher and superstar Maxx Crosby spoke of being heartbroken for the 26-year-old, third-round NFL Draft pick out of the University of Buffalo.


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