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Todd Wash knows how to motivate Yannick Ngakoue

Heading into the 2018 season, there’s a lot of excitement about the Jacksonville Jaguars defense, in particular their defensive line. The Jaguars seemingly have finally found that edge rusher they’ve been struggling to find since Tony Brackens in the form of Yannick Ngakoue. Ngakoue broke out his rookie year, wrestling away the starting right end job and ending the season with eight sacks. In 2018, he stepped up further, racking up 12 sacks, being a constant threat in the backfield and making it to the Pro Bowl.

“I think it is the mental makeup of Yannick first of all.