HENDERSON, Nev. -- When it comes to rushing the passer, would you rather have Chandler Jones' past or Yannick Ngakoue's future?
The Las Vegas Raiders' regime made it clear which route it preferred when general manager Dave Ziegler and coach Josh McDaniels traded Ngakoue, who is 27 and has 55.5 career sacks, to the Indianapolis Colts for cornerback Rock Ya-Sin and signed Jones to a three-year, $52.5 million free-agent contract with $34 million guaranteed.
On the same day, March 17.
The question now for Vegas: Can Jones -- who is five years older than Ngakoue and has 52 more sacks -- still wreak havoc on opposing quarterbacks, especially in the quarterback-rich AFC West?