A “very good source” tells Tony Pauline of Pro Football Network that the Seahawks would like to trade for Jaguars DE Yannick Ngakoue.
According to Pauline’s sources, the belief is that potential compensation for Ngakoue could include the Seahawks sending the Jaguars a second-round pick and possibly swapping their first-round selection for the Jacksonville’s second-rounder.
Last year, the Seahawks traded for DE Jadeveon Clowney, who is now in line to be one of the top free agents in this year’s market. Reports have said that Clowney could be looking for as much as $20 million per year.
The Jaguars are expected to franchise Ngakoue before the upcoming deadline, but he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be back in Jacksonville, which sets up a situation where the Jaguars best move could be to trade him for the best return.
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.
Ngakoue will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason for the first time in his NFL career.
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.
We have him included in our Top 100 – 2020 Free Agents list.
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