Yannick Ngakoue Traded To Vikings, Agrees To Pay Cut For 2020

The Jacksonville Jaguars finally managed to resolve the Yannick Ngakoue situation - two weeks before the start of the 2020 season.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Jaguars have Ngakoue to the Minnesota Vikings for a second-round pick and a fifth-round draft selection. The latter pick will become a fourth-rounder if Ngakoue earns a Pro Bowl selection, or a third-rounder if he's a Pro Bowler and if Minnesota wins the Super Bowl.

Ngakoue has yet to sign his franchise tender for 2020, but the expectation is that he'll do so and join his new team soon.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk added that the 25-year-old "agreed to take less money under his one-year franchise tender" in order to make a trade work. Ngakoue is slated to make $17.788 million, but a source told Florio that his 2020 pay will be closer to $13.5 million.

As Florio noted, it's a giant pay cut for Ngakoue that goes to show how badly he wanted to leave Jacksonville. Not only is he taking less money to play in Minnesota, but Ngakoue is also leaving a state that doesn't carry a state income tax. Minnesota carries one of the highest income tax rates in the country.

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Ngakoue joins a Minnesota team that's coming off its third straight winning season. The Vikings won 10 games last season and went to the NFC Divisional Round, where they fell to the San Francisco 49ers.

The Vikings lost four starters on defense in the offseason: Linval Joseph, Everson Griffen, Trae Waynes and Xavier Rhodes. But Ngakoue and fellow pass rushing star Danielle Hunter should keep the defensive line intact. Despite the departures of Waynes and Rhodes, the secondary should still be formidable - led by the safety duo of Harrision Smith and Anthony Harris.

Minnesota opens up Week 1 of the 2020 season against the Green Bay Packers in two weeks.

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