Whatever we paid Linder (or anyone else) at the time shouldn't impact how we do things with Ngakoue.
When we paid Linder we had so much cap space and rollover that it was just natural to extend some guys that way and even if he became a top paid C at the time the fact that we paid him that way, that early is also what makes him an affordable contract now with no dead money.

If we start the other players contracts game then we could factor in Calais who got 15M average whereas Yannick is going for 20 and possibly more per year. He's younger of course but he's not better than Calais and surely not worth 5M per year more.
It's just the nature of the beast, contracts nowadays aren't just about a player's real value but are impacted by the league trends, teams cap space at the time and all that. These are normal negotiations, as long as he isn't sitting out games the Jaguars are doing well not giving him all the money he asks for right away (the Telvin Smith situation should be a remainder to everyone of things that can happen when you hand out a large contract) and he's doing his thing to try getting as much as he can.

That offer the Jaguars made sounds like a good offer in terms of average per year and if true shows that the team isn't lowballing him and that's what matters. I'm confident they'll iron out a deal in the next couple of weeks that will make both sides happy, I wouldn't worry about him sitting out any games.

And in the meantime let Allen take first team reps. Win-win.

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