Takk McKinley‘s time with the Bengals is over before it really ever began. Cincinnati waived the defensive end after he failed his physical with the team, they announced on Tuesday.
Cincy had just claimed McKinley off waivers from the Falcons last week. He’ll now revert to waivers, where every team will again have the chance to claim him. In addition to the Bengals, the 49ers, Browns, and Raiders also submitted claims last time. The 49ers have the highest waiver priority among those teams so they’ll presumable be able to get him if they still want him, unless a previously uninterested team decides to pull the trigger.
Atlanta drafted McKinley in the first-round back in 2017, but he never lived up to that status. He had six and then seven sacks in his first two years in the league, but had only 3.5 last season. Through four games and limited playing time this season he only has one, although he’s had a very high pressure rate.
He was hoping to get traded, and accused the Falcons of turning down trade offers for him. After the trade deadline came and went he blasted the team on social media, leading to his release shortly thereafter. McKinley has plenty of talent, and at only 25 makes for a nice low-risk upside addition for teams in need of pass-rushing help. It’ll be interesting to see who jumps at the opportunity the second time around.
This whole situation was Takky from the start 🙂
Get a oppurtunity to get some time and you fail your physical. Come on Takk…
It’s going to be odd when another team picks him up and he magically passes his physical there.
Tak wanted to play for a winner so when he heard Cincinnati picked him up, he called up Jeff Gilooly and pulled a Nancy Kerrigan on him. He’ll show up healthy and ready to go for SF or the Raiders.
Hey wheres the Bengals fan from the last post calling me out??? Told you this guy was a waste
I’m here … go back and read out posts. I wasn’t calling you out because I thought Tak was the next coming of Reggie White …I was calling you out because of assumption that the falcons is all that much better place to be than the Bengals … it was a no risk situation for the Bengals , why not try. The falcons are the ones that wasted draft capital. Again… I like the Bengals immediate future much more than the falcons … and there are 13 other teams with a worth winning % since 2000zzz that why I was calling you out … had nothing to do with Tak … it was your misguided take