Yannick Ngakoue, EDGE, Jacksonville Jaguars
Franchise Tag Salary: $17.788 million
Status: This is one situation that reached a high boil during free agency and has been sitting at a quick simmer ever since. Yannick Ngakoue has informed the Jacksonville Jaguars in no uncertain terms that he wants to leave town, and has no interest in signing a long-term deal. After all, he is basically the current defensive equivalent of this image:
Most of his running mates from the Jaguars’ great defense of years ago, such as Jalen Ramsey, Calais Campbell and A.J. Bouye, are in new uniforms. In fact, on Wednesday morning Adam Schefter posted this update to Twitter:
An update on Jaguars’ franchise DE Yannick Ngakoue: pic.twitter.com/Nhj1MdrtDC
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 15, 2020
This one seems to be heading to a divorce.
Prediction: Tag and trade.