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Heated Ngakoue rips Jags, owner's son in tweets

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Monday, 20 April 2020 12:51

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The gloves have come off.

Yannick Ngakoue's frustration that the Jacksonville Jaguars have yet to trade him bubbled over on Monday afternoon and he went on a short social media rant in which he called the team owner's son a clown and urged the team to "this this s--- done."

The exchange between Ngakoue and Tony Khan, the son of owner Shad Khan and the team's senior vice president of football administration and technology, began with Ngakoue's tweet that said only: #FREEYANN. Moments later, Ngakoue told Tony Khan to stop hiding and after Khan responded Ngakoue followed up with a claim that Tony Khan told him the Jaguars' game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Dec. 8 was going to be his last in a Jaguars uniform.

Ngakoue also said Tony Khan wasn't returning calls from his agent and ended the tweet with the clown emoji.

Ngakoue's battle with the Jaguars began last July when then-executive VP of football operations Tom Coughlin abruptly broke off negotiations with Ngakoue and his agent Ari Nissim. The Jaguars reportedly offered Ngakoue a deal that would pay him $19 million annually but Ngakoue turned it down and he played last season -- after an 11-day training camp holdout -- for $2.025 million, a considerable bargain for a player who had racked up 29.5 sacks in three seasons.

The Jaguars applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to Ngakoue on March 13 and he would earn $17.8 million in 2020. Ngakoue has yet to sign the tender, however, and has been urging the team on social team to trade him for the past several months.

Monday was the most pointed and aggressive he has been.

A league source said the Jaguars are seeking at least a first-round pick for Ngakoue and that while teams have called to talk about Ngakoue, no one has submitted an offer for him. His behavior on social media likely isn't helping his chances.

Another potential holdup may be Ngakoue's demands for a long-term deal. He was seeking more than $20 million annually, especially after Trey Flowers ($18 million annually, $56 million guaranteed), Frank Clark ($21.1M/$63.5M) and DeMarcus Lawrence ($21M/$65M) got big deals in March and April of 2019. The market has softened, however, and pass rushers didn't cash in the way they had the previous year in free agency. Dante Fowler Jr., -- Ngakoue's former Jaguars teammate -- got a three-year deal with Atlanta that pays him $15 million annually. He had 11.5 sacks last season, which is 3.5 more than Ngakoue had. Robert Quinn's five year deal with Chicago pays him $14 million annually and he has 80.5 sacks in nine seasons, including 11.5 last season in Dallas.

Jadeveon Clowney has 32 sacks in six seasons -- Ngakoue has 37.5 in four, which puts him second on the Jaguars' all-time list -- and is still unsigned after reportedly originally seeking a deal that would pay him $20 million annually. He has lowered that asking price to $17-$18 million, per an ESPN report.

Ngakoue had eight sacks in 15 games last season, but he also had four forced fumbles. That gives him 14 in his career, which is more than all but three players from 2016-19: Chandler Jones (17), Khalil Mack (17) and T.J. Watt (15). In addition, Ngakoue has been directly responsible for five of the 12 defensive touchdowns the Jaguars have scored since 2016: a pick six, a fumble return, and three forced fumbles on sacks that other players recovered for TDs. Plus another forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown in the playoffs.

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