Yannick Ngakoue vs. the Jaguars is entering the championship rounds.
The pass-rusher who so desperately wants out of Jacksonville hasn't made that a secret. In recent months, he has become increasingly vocal on his social media outlets, demanding that the Jaguars trade him away. Things escalated on Monday when Ngakoue called out Jaguars co-owner Tony Khan, saying he was "hiding." The conversation got pretty heated fairly quickly.
Please read the following comments in Jim Lampley's voice:
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Both fighters move towards each other here in the closing rounds, trying to find the distance once again. Ngakoue is taunting Khan from a few feet away.
@TonyKhan stop hiding moe.
— Yannick Ngakoue (@YannickNgakoue) April 20, 2020
Khan fights back, peppers Ngakoue with a jab:
I’m not in hiding sir, I’m in isolation getting ready for the draft. I’ve been pretty active on social media in isolation, but you wouldn’t know that since you unfollowed me (again).
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 20, 2020
Ngakoue brushes it off and lands a big body blow!
Since your feeling might today let’s both let the world in on the truth. We been had a discussion that the chargers game was my last game. Yet you try to back door the situation without answering any of my camps calls. Smh you spoiled bra.. holding up people for no reason 🤡
— Yannick Ngakoue (@YannickNgakoue) April 20, 2020
But Khan still has some fight left in him, and he's smiling! He's smiling at Ngakoue now! Here comes a flurry of punches!
It’s a new regime here sir. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the contributions you made here. That said, tweeting insults at me won’t get you traded any faster. Only good trade compensation will do that. Please redirect your efforts into a more productive outlet
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 20, 2020
Ngakoue is against the ropes! He's covering up!
Just trade me . I don’t need the speech 🏁
— Yannick Ngakoue (@YannickNgakoue) April 20, 2020
And Khan fires back and lands with a massive right hand!
Show me the compensation. I’m sure you’re really driving up the price today btw.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 20, 2020
Ngakoue is down! Ngakoue is down!
The drama between the Jaguars and their players isn't new, especially not this offseason. Jacksonville is reportedly shopping beleaguered running back Leonard Fournette while also trying to navigate through Ngakoue trade talks, presumably. Couple that with the Jalen Ramsey drama of last season and Tom Coughlin's unceremonious exit, and you've got more than enough material for a six-part Netflix documentary. Is "Jaguar King" taken?
(Side note: Maybe Khan and Ngakoue can solve their differences on an episode of the Khan-owned AEW "Dynamite?")
In all seriousness, the Ngakoue-Jaguars saga is getting pretty ugly, so hopefully all parties are happy once the divorce is finalized — whenever that day comes.
