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NY Jets, Yannick Ngakoue are a ‘free agency fit’ says one expert

Marc Sessler of NFL.com played the Free Agency Matchmaker Game and paired every team in the NFL with a fun fit. For the NY Jets, he handed them the star pass rusher they’ve been searching years for: Yannick Ngakoue formerly of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“The work-in-progress Jets are tasked with bolstering an offensive line that finished 30th in PFF’s pass-blocking efficiency metric last season while New York fielded the second-worst ground game in the NFL. Sam Darnold deserves — and requires — better care entering his third campaign, but Gang Green is saddled with another burning need: locating a game-altering pass rusher.