Sounds like a headache:
After repeatedly complaining on Twitter around last week's trade deadline, Takk McKinley is no longer a Falcon.
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The Atlanta Falcons announced on Monday that
they have releasedformer first-round pick Takk McKinley.
The 25-year-old was in his fourth season with the Falcons after they selected him with the No. 26 pick out of UCLA in the 2017 NFL draft. The decision to release McKinley arrives after last week’s drama-filled trade deadline passed without the Falcons dealing the disgruntled defensive end.
McKinley chastised Falcons on Twitter
Last Monday — a day before the NFL trade deadline —
McKinley tweeted that the Falcons had turned down multiple offers and did not intend to deal him.
After Tuesday’s trade deadline passed without McKinley being dealt,
he once again tweeted about the Falcons turning down multiple trade offers over the course of two seasons. This tweet was accompanied by clown emojis.
Falcons fined McKinley, vowed accountability
Following that tweet,
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Falcons had fined McKinley for his social media posts. It also reported that
McKinley’s claims about trade offers were “false.”