Tag: Mike McGlinchey

Kareem Jackson had a hilarious response to media member pointing out height difference

Kareem Jackson (jokingly) threatened to give a Broncos reporter a wedgie after he compared the safety’s height to a taller teammate 🤣🤣🤣

The Denver Broncos made several players available to media members after practice on Wednesday, starting with right tackle Mike McGlinchey, who is 6 feet, 8 inches tall.

Right after McGlinchey, the Broncos had safety Kareem Jackson speak. Jackson is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, almost a foot shorter than his teammate.

Denver streamed both podium pressers online and the height of the recording camera was not moved in between players, creating a noticeable contrast from when McGlinchey and Jackson stood at the podium.

Zac Stevens of DNVR Sports noted the height difference with humorous  side-by-side screenshots on Twitter (now called X) on Wednesday evening:

Jackson apparently saw the tweet and had a hilarious response later that night:

“Aye Zac show some respect or I’m a give you a wedgie when I see you in the building 😂😂😂,” Jackson wrote on the social media site.

Stevens had a good-natured response.

Jackson, 35, is entering his 14th season in the NFL and fifth season in Denver. He totaled 94 tackles in 17 games last year.

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Broncos injuries: Pat Surtain returns to practice

After sitting out the team’s first preseason game, Broncos CB Pat Surtain is back on the practice field this week.

Denver Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain missed the team’s preseason opener last week with an undisclosed injury, but coach Sean Payton did not seem concerned about Surtain’s injury.

“I think you’re going to see him this week,” Payton said when asked about Surtain on Monday. “I think he’s really close. We have a handful of those guys — Courtland [Sutton among them]. I think we have a group of four or five guys that you’ll be not asking me anything here in a couple days.”

Payton was right — Surtain and Sutton were both back out on the field for Tuesday’s practice.

Two players who are not expected to return this week are cornerback Riley Moss and right tackle Mike McGlinchey. Moss will likely miss at least two more weeks while recovering from core muscle surgery. McGlinchey is also expected to miss a few more weeks with a sprained knee.

Broncos safety P.J. Locke was also carted off the field Tuesday with an apparent left leg injury, but Payton said “he’s going to be fine.”

After losing wide receiver Tim Patrick (Achilles) and linebacker Jonas Griffith (ACL) to season-ending injuries during training camp, Denver will hope to stay healthy as they wrap up preseason this month and prepare for Week 1’s showdown with the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Broncos injuries: Mike McGlinchey ‘all good,’ says coach Sean Payton

Mike McGlinchey suffered a knee sprain, but Sean Payton said he’s “all good.” Justin Simmons and Brandon Johnson are also sidelined.

Denver Broncos right tackle Mike McGlinchey suffered a knee sprain at practice on Tuesday, but coach Sean Payton downplayed the severity of the injury after Wednesday’s practice session.

“With him, it’s a knee sprain,” Payton said. “We will keep you abreast, but it’s all good.”

McGlinchey is expected to miss “a few weeks,” according to NFL Network’s James Palmer, but Payton’s assessment that the offensive lineman is “all good” seemingly suggests he is expected to return in time for Week 1.

Elsewhere on the injury front, star safety Justin Simmons “tweaked his groin,” Payton said on Monday. The coach does not seem to view that as a serious injury, either.

“Some of the younger guys will step in,” Payton said. “He tweaked his groin a couple days ago. We’ll be smart with him and eventually get him back, but in the meantime, other guys will get a chance to get in and get some reps.”

Meanwhile, Broncos wide receiver Brandon Johnson has a sprained ankle, but he is only expected to miss a week or two, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis.

All things considered, it’s mostly good news on the injury front for McGlinchey, Simmons and Johnson.

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ChatGPT ranks top 10 offensive linemen in Notre Dame history

How many of these players do you remember?

Talk to any back who’s had a great football game, and they almost always will give credit to their offensive linemen. Those are the guys who make every explosive offensive play possible. They will do whatever it takes to hold off the attacking defense. They seldom get any glory compared to those backs and receivers, but no offense can function without them.

While every college football blocker is good, some are just so much better than others. So in light of that, we’ve asked AI writing tool ChatGPT to list what it believes are the 10 best to ever block for Notre Dame offenses. It doesn’t matter which position they played. They just have to have excelled at whatever it was.

This concludes us putting ChatGPT to work ranking Notre Dame players by offensive position. We’ve already ranked ChatGPT’s 10 best quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and tight ends. Now, we look at the offense’s unsung heroes. Here they are with the entries edited for accuracy:

Ranking the AFC West by offensive tackle duos

Who has the best offensive tackle duo in the AFC West? Here’s now they stack up.

Protection. It can mean a lot in today’s game where quarterbacks are increasingly asked to stand in the pocket and scan the field while the receivers routes develop.

Some quarterbacks can get away with less than ideal protection if they are elusive. But even the best are at their best when they don’t have to improvise or deliver the ball before their preferred target breaks open.

And, remember, tackles must be able to run block as well. That means leading their man outside on an inside run, sealing the edge for and outside run, or getting to the second level on pitches and screens.

Let’s take a look at who is best set up for success at the tackle spots.

Broncos offseason roster: No. 70, OT Isaiah Prince

Offensive tackle Isaiah Prince could be a solid backup option for the Denver Broncos in 2023.

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Broncos Wire’s 90-man offseason roster series continues today with a look at fifth-year offensive tackle Isaiah Price, No. 70. 

Before the Broncos: Prince (6-7, 305 pounds) played his college ball at Ohio State, where he was a three-year starter. Prince earned first-team All-Big Ten honors during his senior year with the Buckeyes. That year (2018), Ohio State was third in the Big Ten in sacks allowed, and the offense set records in pass completions, yards and touchdowns. At the 2019 NFL Combine, Prince ran a 5.09 40-yard dash, with a vertical jump of 27 inches.

Prince entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick with the Miami Dolphins in 2019 and he appeared in four games as a rookie, starting two. In 2020, Prince opted out of playing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, Prince joined the Cincinnati Bengals. He appeared in 15 regular-season games that year, starting four. Prince then started in the playoffs for Cincinnati, including Super Bowl LVI, a 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. After emerging late in the 2021 season, Prince missed most of the 2022 season with an elbow injury.

Broncos tenure: Prince was signed by the Broncos during the 2023 offseason.

Chance to make the 53-man roster: The Broncos’ starting offensive line is a new-look unit, with the free agent signings of Mike McGlinchey and Ben Powers added during the offseason. Price could see action as a backup in case any lineman goes down, or he could also be a veteran member of the practice squad. Prince will have a decent shot to make the 53-man roster as a backup swing tackle.

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Broncos offseason roster: No. 69, OT Mike McGlinchey

After five years with the 49ers, Mike McGlinchey has been tasked with shoring up the Broncos’ right tackle position.

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Broncos Wire’s 90-man offseason roster series continues today with a look at sixth-year offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey, No. 69.

Before the Broncos: McGlinchey (6-8, 315 pounds) played college football at Notre Dame, where he was a decorated four-year player. In 2017. McGlinchey was named a consensus All-American. Also in 2017, McGlinchey was on the Maxwell Award watchlist (given annually to the best college football player), Lombardi Award watch list in 2017 (given annually to the best college football lineman), and Outland Award watch list in 2016 and 2017 (given annually to the best interior offensive lineman). McGlinchey was drafted ninth overall in the 2018 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers.

McGlinchey played for five years with the Niners, starting 69 games, including six playoff games.

Broncos tenure: During the 2023 offseason, McGlinchey signed with the Broncos to the tune of a five-year deal worth $87.5 million.

Chance to make the 53-man roster: 100 percent. McGlinchey was signed by the Broncos to be a Day 1 starter in front of quarterback Russell Wilson. He will play for a new-look offensive line that includes Garett Bolles, free agent addition Ben Powers, incumbent center Lloyd Cushenberry, guard Quinn Meinerz and McGlinchey.

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College football: Pro Football Focus names top returning offensive tackles for 2023

Mt. Alt appears at the summit

It’s hard to find a place that compares to Notre Dame when it comes to putting elite offensive line talent into the NFL. [autotag]Zack Martin[/autotag], [autotag]Quenton Nelson[/autotag], [autotag]Ronnie Stanley[/autotag] and [autotag]Mike McGlinchey[/autotag] are some of the NFL stars (and well-paid ones at that) who once called Notre Dame home.

It would appear we’re not far off from another Notre Dame offensive lineman joining that club. Earlier this month our very own Mike Chen looked at the 2024 NFL mock drafts. Almost unanimously, left tackle Joe Alt was a projected top 10 pick.

Pro Football Focus shared its 10 highest-rated returning offensive linemen for 2023 over the weekend and wouldn’t you know it, Alt was atop the list.

Below are the 10 highest-rated returning offensive tackles according to Pro Football Focus. You’ll likely be interested to know that Notre Dame right tackle [autotag]Blake Fisher[/autotag] did not make the list. He checked in with a 72.9 grade over 13 games.

49ers never pursued RT Mike McGlinchey in free agency

The 49ers knew after last season they’d likely be losing Mike McGlinchey. They were so sure he’d be leaving they even considered trading him.

The 49ers will be looking for a new starting right tackle after Mike McGlinchey left in free agency to sign a five-year deal worth up to $87.5 million with the Denver Broncos. While it looked all year like the market would price McGlinchey out of what San Francisco’s range, the team could’ve tried to keep their RT in the Bay Area. They were so sure of his pending exit though that they never pursued him, and made him aware after the 2021 campaign that they wouldn’t be in the mix and may look to even trade him.

McGlinchey shared his free agency experience with ESPN’s Nick Wagoner in great detail, but his insight on the 49ers’ mindset was particularly interesting. Via ESPN:

After the 2021 season, they both told me, “We may even look to move you at some point. We’re projecting into the future, and we think you’re going to get priced out. We want to get something in return.”

They wound up having a ton of success in 2022 though and never reached a point where dealing their starting right tackle made sense. Especially since he was playing so well in his return from a season-ending quad injury that limited him to only eight games in 2021.

He played so well that he proved the 49ers’ forecast after the 2021 season correct. They were priced out and made it clear at his exit interview following the NFC championship game loss to Philadelphia that they’d be unable to pursue re-signing him. Via ESPN:

I played well, and that’s when I was pretty sure I was going to have an opportunity to be a pretty major player in this year’s free agent market.

And then, what I expected became final during my exit interviews with John and Kyle after this season. They were clear that, barring something out of the ordinary, I wouldn’t be back. It was a money thing, and they told me point blank. “We’d love to have you back, but we can’t stretch ourselves too thin.”

Instead of paying McGlinchey on a long-term deal, they brought in defensive tackle Javon Hargrave to bolster the defensive front that spearheads that side of the ball. They also re-signed 2020 fifth-round pick OL Colton McKivitz to a two-year contract before he hit restricted free agency. He figures to be the frontrunner to replace McGlinchey.

Building a competitive NFL roster year in and year out with the constraints of a hard salary cap isn’t easy. Doing it with the amount of top-end players the 49ers have is even more difficult, and it sometimes forces them to make decisions like this one where they have to let a good player leave.

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Touchdown Wire says the Broncos made an expensive mistake in free agency

“I have no earthly clue what they were thinking,” Doug Farrar said of the Broncos giving Mike McGlinchey a five-year, $87.5 million deal.

In the latest episode of Touchdown Wire’s 4-Down Territory podcast, Doug Farrar criticized the Denver Broncos for their signing of right tackle Mike McGlinchey during free agency.

Here is Farrar’s written commentary from the podcast notes:

The Denver Broncos were already dealing with the biggest contractual albatross in NFL history with their current quarterback. I have no earthly clue what they were thinking when they gave former 49ers right tackle Mike McGlinchey a five-year, $87.5 million deal with $50 million guaranteed. Through his career, McGlinchey has been a good, not great, player, and given the importance of right-side protection in any offense led by Russell Wilson, that’s a lot of cash to give a guy who does it pretty well – but not at a top-tier level.

Farrar made it know that he did not approve of the signing right after it happened by giving the Broncos a “D” grade for the move. Clearly, he thinks Denver overpaid for the right tackle.

Now it’ll be up to McGlinchey to prove Farrar wrong.

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