Tag: Takkarist McKinley

The Browns Wire Podcast: Free agency review and Browns all-time defensive draft

Reviewing the Cleveland Browns’ moves in free agency so far and drafting an All-Time defensive team.

Who belongs on the Cleveland Browns all-time defensive squad?

Donovan James (@DonJamesSport) & Josh Keatley (@JoshKeatley16) draft their all-time Cleveland Browns team & continue the March QB Madness tournament. It’s a great trip down memory lane for Browns fans and fun to go through the discussion and decision-making process.

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Browns agree to terms with DE Takk McKinley

Browns agree to terms with DE Takk McKinley on a one-year deal

The Cleveland Browns have jumped back into the free agency frenzy. The team agreed to terms with free agent DE Takk McKinley. Per Jonathan Jones of CBS, it’s a one-year deal.

The deal, which will not be official until Wednsday after 4 p.m. ET, is for up to $4 million for McKinley, who had himself an interesting 2020 season.

The No. 26 overall pick of the 2017 NFL draft by Atlanta, McKinley played just four games and dealt with injuries during his final season with the Falcons. Atlanta cut him in November and McKinley subsequently signed with, in order, the Bengals, 49ers and Raiders. He was never healthy enough to play for any of those teams.

If he’s healthy, he will take over the role held in Cleveland by his former Falcons teammate, Adrian Clayborn, as the No. 3 DE. McKinley has 17.5 career sacks in 49 games over four seasons.

12 pass-rushing options for Bills after J.J. Watt signs with Cardinals

Who could the Buffalo Bills target for a pass rusher following JJ Watt signing with the Arizona Cardinals?

The Buffalo Bills will not have three-time Defensive Player of the Year JJ Watt in the fold in 2021. On Monday amid some speculation once again connecting the Bills to Watt, the 31-year-old decided to announce his new team.

The Arizona Cardinals.

While Watt is gone, the Bills’ needs remain. What direction could the team and general manager Brandon Beane go in now in terms of improving the team’s pass rush now?

Here is a quick rundown of options remaining for the Bills, post-Watt:

Cincinnati Bengals waive DE Takkarist McKinley

The Cincinnati Bengals cut ties with Takkarist McKinley.

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The Cincinnati Bengals announced Tuesday that the team waived defensive end Takkarist McKinley.

According to Tyler Dragon of the Cincinnati Enquirer, McKinley failed his physical with the team after joining via waivers.

McKinley joined the team after being released by Atlanta last week and spent the last few days going through the normal COVID-19 protocols before taking his physical.

It’s a shocking turn of events for a Bengals team that had hoped the former first-round pick could be a low-risk addition to a struggling pass-rush.

Instead, the Bengals are left going back to the drawing board when it comes to reviving that pass rush, as McKinley reverts back to waivers again.

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Report: Browns put in a waiver claim on DE Takk McKinley

McKinley talked his way out of Atlanta and onto the waiver wire

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Takk McKinley is coming to the AFC North, but he will not be in Cleveland. It’s not for a lack of trying on the Browns part.

The Browns were one of four teams that placed a waiver claim on McKinley after the pass rusher was dumped by the Atlanta Falcons, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport. McKinley joined the Cincinnati Bengals, who had the waiver wire priority over the other teams.

The waiver wire order is in the inverse order of the NFL standings. The 2-5-1 Bengals had the worst record of the teams making claims.

There was some speculation that the Browns had make inquiries with the Falcons about McKinley prior to the trade deadline. McKinley himself helped force his way out of Atlanta by posting on Twitter that the team should have accepted the trade offers he knew they got for his services. The 26th overall pick in 2017, McKinley posted 17.5 sacks in an increasingly diminished role with the Falcons.

Bengals claim former Falcons 1st-round pick Takkarist McKinley on waivers

The Cincinnati Bengals put a claim on Takkarist McKinley.

The Cincinnati Bengals have added to a struggling pass rush by claiming former Atlanta Falcons first-round pick Takkarist McKinley.

McKinley, the 26th pick in the 2017 draft, was waived by the Falcons after the team failed to find a trade partner before the deadline and he later took issue with that fact on social media.

The former first-round pick appeared in four games this season for the Falcons, tallying just one sack. He’s got 17.5 sacks over 49 games.

This move comes in the wake of the Bengals trading away Carlos Dunlap and desperately seeking help in getting to opposing quarterbacks with just Carl Lawson and Sam Hubbard the only players producing in this area.

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NFL trade deadline: 8 D-linemen the Bills could target

Buffalo Bills defensive lineman the team could target at the 2020 NFL Draft.

The 2020 NFL trade deadline is right around the corner. It’s slated for Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Sitting at 5-2 overall and in control of their own destiny at this point, could the Buffalo Bills add to their arsenal to solidify themselves as a legitimate contender in the AFC? Despite their record, the Bills do certainly have a hole or two they could stand to fill in their roster.

In this part of Bills Wire’s trade deadline coverage, we’ll take a look at a couple of defensive linemen the Bills could target as Tuesday inches closer and closer:

The Falcons’ Takk McKinley enjoyed watching Kyle Shanahan blow another Super Bowl lead

Ouch.

Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator with the Falcons when Atlanta blew a 28-3 lead in a Super Bowl 51 loss to the New England Patriots. Shanahan would leave the Falcons for the 49ers coaching job and found himself in a similar situation during Sunday’s Super Bowl 54 against the Chiefs, leading by double digits in the fourth quarter.

Well, it happened again, and Falcons defensive end Takk McKinley didn’t feel too sorry for the former Atlanta coordinator.

The Kansas City Chiefs scored 21 straight points in the fourth quarter to overcome a 10-point deficit in the 31-20 win. What was initially an opportunity for Shanahan to exorcise those 28-3 demons became another Super Bowl meltdown on his resume.

And this was how McKinley took that in:

Just ouch.

Obviously, a great deal of that bitterness on McKinley’s part came from merely being associated with that Atlanta collapse — even if Takk was drafted after the loss and never played for Shanahan. He’s still a Falcon. It comes with the territory.

You can’t blame him for rooting against Shanahan, but he absolutely kicked Shanahan when he was down there.

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History suggests Seahawks could find star with No. 26 pick

The Seattle Seahawks are selecting 26th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, and history suggests they could find a hidden gem.

The 2020 NFL draft order has been set, and the Seattle Seahawks hold the No. 26 pick in the first round.

The Seahawks have selected 26th one other time, back in 2005 when they took center Chris Spencer out of Mississippi – two spots behind quarterback Aaron Rodgers and just before receiver Roddy White and tight end Heath Miller.

However, Seattle is known for wheeling and dealing on draft day, and it is entirely possible the team will move up or down in the draft a handful of times before and during the three day draft weekend.

If they do keep the 26th pick, history suggests they could find themselves a nice player. Left tackle Duane Brown (2008) and outside linebacker Clay Matthews (2009) were both taken No. 26 overall, along with Hall of Famer Ray Lewis (1996) and potential future Hall of Famer Alan Faneca (1998).

Receiver Calvin Ridley (2018) and pass rusher Takkarist McKinley (2017) are two recent players who are both panning out well from that draft slot, and Montez Sweat had a solid rookie season after going 26th to the Redskins last year.

It is anyone’s guess this early in the process what the Seahawks will do with their pick, but you can bet they already on their way toward finding an impact performer who could be around at that spot, or else pinpointing teams they can wheel and deal with to acquire more picks in the middle rounds.

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Takk McKinley mocked both Georgia and the Falcons early in the SEC title game

He’s not wrong, but …

The Atlanta Falcons are near the bottom of the league in most defensive statistics, and the offense has since failed to regain its form since Kyle Shanahan’s departure after the Super Bowl. The Falcons — a 3-9 team — aren’t very good.

But if you play for the Atlanta Falcons, it’s probably a good idea to refrain from mocking your own team on Twitter.

Defensive end Takk McKinley, though, decided to go in a different direction.

After the Bulldogs got off to a rough start in the SEC Championship Game against LSU at the Falcons’ home of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, McKinley took to Twitter to poke fun at the Bulldogs and … uh … his current team.

Even if the tweet was accurate (it was), the comment didn’t sit well with plenty of Georgia/Falcons fans.

McKinley is in his third season with the Falcons. He has just 1.5 sacks on the year and 23 tackles.

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