I wouldn't want to give up a draft pick for the right to pay Ngakoue $17 million this year and no guarantee he'd sign back. I'd be against it for the price alone because I don't know he's worth that much, but I might be able to get on board if Doug could get him for a non-1st rounder seeing that we can't sign him to an extension this year.
There is a level of risk that shouldn’t be marginalized though. NFL rules prevent the Jets from signing Ngakoue to a long-term extension this year. So, Douglas would be banking that the player would believe enough in the franchise (and Williams) to want to stick around beyond 2020.
Both of these guys are gonna cost north of $15 million this year and we aren't in the spot to do that now. Smoke and mirrors pass rush for one more year. Big Doug got us the first round OL we've been begging for for a decade. 2021 will be the pass rusher.