Greg Ellis was released by the Dallas Cowboys earlier this month and has now found a new team with the Silver and Black.

The former NFL Comeback Player of the Year has signed a three-year deal of which the salary is unknown. He will now play defensive end for the Oakland Raiders on a line that desperately needs a pass rush since it had only 32 sacks last season with a individual high of five.

Greg Ellis was released by the Cowboys due to his age and his happiness.

He hated the 3-4. Despite the fact that his best seasons were as a 3-4 linebacker, he feels uncomfortable at the position and has stated his unhappiness multiple times.

The Dallas Cowboys drafted Anthony Spencer in the 2007 draft’s first round out of Purdue to be an outside linebacker which indicated a changing of the guard would happen eventually.

Spencer is ready to take over the reigns as the starting linebacker and the Cowboys drafted Jason Williams, Brandon Williams, and Victor Butler to add depth to the linebacker position in the event of Ellis’s departure.

This, on paper, would look like a good move by the Oakland Raiders, but I, however, have statements for Raider Nation that they probably will not like.

Don’t expect a 10+ sack season from Greg Ellis. Greg Ellis has never had over 10 sacks in a season as a defensive end and he is turning 34 years old this August.

He does not have the stamina to be in every down for the Raiders. He may be able to help at times with the run, but Greg Ellis is a pass rusher who barely averaged two tackles a game these past two years.

I think he’s washed up now as a defensive end. He should have stayed at the linebacker position where he averaged 10 sacks for these past two years. I would even argue that it is safer.

He has recovered from an Achilles tendon tear, which led to the Comeback Player of the Year Award, but it is still a fragile part of the body. It is a bit easier to play linebacker because they attack from a distance and can set their feet faster.

If he fires off as a defensive end, he could get knocked down by an offensive lineman and run the risk of landing on his heel improperly or someone coming down on it since he is in the trenches.

The Raiders do not have a spring chicken, but a withered, aging, winter rooster.

I wish Greg Ellis luck, but I doubt he’ll be sacking Tony Romo in this year’s game.