The rich get richer and the weak get weaker. The Baltimore Ravens are in the process of acquiring DE Yannick Ngakoue from the Minnesota Vikings for draft picks, reports ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Vikings and Ravens finalizing a trade to send DE Yannick Ngakoue to Baltimore for a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 conditional fifth-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
Vikings initially sent 2021 second-round pick and 2022 conditional fifth-round pick to Jags. Now get most back.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 22, 2020
Ngakoue will fly to Baltimore in the next 24 hours to go through COVID-19 testing so he can be ready to join his new team next week, after the Ravens come off a bye and start preparations for its Week 8 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ngakoue played for Jacksonville from 2016-19. He had all sorts of issues with the Jaguars’ front office and eventually forced a trade to Minnesota.
The Vikings are 1-5 and last in the NFC North. They are going nowhere, so they are sending Nakoue somewhere: to Baltimore.
The Ravens now have both DEs that played for Jacksonville in the 2017 AFC Championship as they already had Calais Campbell on their defensive front.
Ngakoue had five sacks as a Viking.
We have agreed in principle, pending the passing of a physical, with the Minnesota Vikings to a trade for Pro Bowl DE Yannick Ngakoue in exchange for undisclosed draft picks. pic.twitter.com/uHz2ZADHQH
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) October 22, 2020
