Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said today in Indianapolis that the team has not decided if the team would pick up Takk McKinley’s fifth-year option, which is worth $10.1 million. Dan Quinn then let it out that they were not picking up the option only to backtrack and tell everyone to listen to Dimitroff.
Not picking up McKinley’s fifth-year option is the right move. If Vic Beasley was a bust, Takk has been even worse. Terrible numbers aside, Takk has not lived up to the potential coming out of UCLA and the Falcons know that they can keep him for a lot less than the scheduled fifth-year option.