Twice Ngakoue has been available and twice Beane was not the winning bid. Beane has set a threshold of value and it was exceeded by a competing team. I don't like the way our defense has looked this far but I attribute that to having no preseason rather than Beane's incompetence. I don't see Beane as an in season trade chaser.
BTW no one is confusing today's Ravens D with that of the Ray Lewis/Ed Reed era. It's the Ravens who are desperate.