Eagles Interested In Jaguars DE Yannick Ngakoue?

Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports hears the Eagles have โ€œa lot of interestโ€ in Jaguars franchise DE Yannick Ngakoue among other teams.

This comes shortly after the Eagles traded for Lions CB Darius Slay and signed him to a big-money extension. Philadelphia could use a premium edge rusher, but it would likely cost a first-round pick to get Ngakoue from the Jaguars. 

The Jaguars officially used their franchise tag on Ngakoue last week, which will cost them around $17.9 million fully guaranteed for the 2020 season, 

However, Ngakoue has made it clear that he wants to move on from Jacksonville and he has come up as a potential tag-and-trade candidate this offseason.

Ngakoue, 24, is a former third-round pick of the Jaguars back in 2016. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3.48 million contract and made a base salary of $834,269 for the 2019 season.

In 2019, Ngakoue appeared in 15 games for the Jaguars and recorded 41 tackles, eight sacks, an interception, a defensive touchdown, four forced fumbles, a recovery and six passes defended. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 36 edge rusher out of 107 qualifying players.

Weโ€™ll have more regarding Ngakoue as the news is available.

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