{"id":58558,"date":"2020-09-02T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-offensive-lineman-bryant-mckinnie-has-some-advice-for-mekhi-becton\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T04:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T01:21:00","slug":"ex-offensive-lineman-bryant-mckinnie-has-some-advice-for-mekhi-becton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-offensive-lineman-bryant-mckinnie-has-some-advice-for-mekhi-becton\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie has some advice for Mekhi Becton"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ex-offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie has some advice for Mekhi Becton<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n He was a 6-foot-8, 348-pound tackle nicknamed Big Mac, and he was a first-round draft pick, which means he was Mekhi Becton before Mekhi Becton, and so Twitter<\/a> users tagged Bryant McKinnie and suggested he watch the 6-foot-7, 370-pound tackle from Louisville who became the Jets\u2019 first-round pick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed that was a big guy who\u2019s athletic with good feet,\u201d McKinnie told The Post. \u201cA lot of big guys don\u2019t have great feet. He is able to move his feet. A coach always said to me back when I was in junior college, \u2018Move your feet, you can\u2019t get beat.\u2019 The next thing I see was he\u2019s actually physical, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKinnie was the seventh pick of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Vikings, and when his contentious 98-day holdout finally ended, when he suited up on Nov. 10, he learned quickly that blocking Giants and Packers and Bears and Lions was far different than blocking Scarlet Knights or Seminoles. McKinnie had not allowed a sack during his Miami (Fl.) days. Giants defensive end Kenny Holmes beat him for a sack in his debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gonna learn hand placement plays a big part,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cWith some people, I thought, \u2018I\u2019m gonna be able to overpower him.\u2019 But it\u2019s all about the hand placement. In some of these game<\/a>s, he\u2019s gonna go against defensive ends who are gonna have great hand placement and he\u2019s gonna feel like he\u2019s gonna overpower them, and they\u2019re actually gonna show him otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through a mutual friend, McKinnie spoke to Becton, the 11th pick, prior to the draft and wished him luck. The conversation was too brief for McKinnie to give the rookie the advice he has for him today:<\/p>\n

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Mecki Becton in 2020 and Bryant McKinnie at the 2002 NFL Draft<\/span>AP (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMy message to him,\u201d McKinnie said, \u201cis to one, wear gloves. I wasn\u2019t wearing gloves at the beginning. Two, I would always make sure he would know the game plan in and out so that you can play fast and even if you make a mistake, you\u2019ll make a mistake going fast. Three, I would say find somebody who you can kinda like model yourself after as far as being a professional as far as taking care of your body. Try to be aware of the things you eat, \u2019cause a lot of the foods that you eat help fuel you and give you that good energy to go out there day in and day out. But definitely time to get massages on Fridays. Fridays was always my day to do like cold tub after practice, get a massage when I got home that night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becton has been entrusted with protecting Sam Darnold\u2019s blindside. There will be pressure on young Becton. McKinnie dealt with plenty of his own protecting Daunte Culpepper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt a little more pressure because of the fact that you had Korey Stringer, who passed away the year before, that played tackle for the Vikings, and he was really good and a veteran, and then I felt like they were looking at me to kinda come in and fill that void,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cIn my mind, I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t want to be a bust.\u2019 You don\u2019t want to let yourself down either.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKinnie alternated with veteran Everett Lindsay in his first NFL game and was starting by his second. It wasn\u2019t as draining of a season as it will be for Becton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey talk about the rookie wall, I do think that it does happ<\/a>en,\u201d McKinnie said.<\/p>\n

McKinnie, who grew up in Woodbury, N.J., without a real NFL dream, enjoyed a 12-year career, made one Pro Bowl, won Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens, and enjoyed his fair share of pancake blocks. Which are as close as an offensive lineman will come to a sack for a defensive player.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPretty much, but they get to do a little dance and all that stuff,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cBut like nobody really pays attention if I pancake somebody \u2019cause there\u2019s a whole bunch of other stuff going on. If a defensive player sacks a quarterback, that stops the whole play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, it served a reminder of the way he was when intimidation was a Hurricane rite of autumn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people were intimidated from hearing they had to play against Miami,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cGuys would always kinda give you the most they had within that first quarter, quarter-and-a-half, then after a while they would kinda feel defeated. And once they felt defeated, it\u2019s like I\u2019m really gonna pour it on now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becton prided himself on finishing his blocks last season. Asked if Becton reminded him of himself when he watched him, McKinnie said: \u201cHe did. He probably had a little bit more energy than me because I would conserve my energy for each play.\u201d<\/p>\n

McKinnie was one of 17 Vikings involved in an infamous 2005 Love Boat sex party scandal. He eventually pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 48 hours of community service. More advice now for Becton: \u201cIf you\u2019re gonna do it, be smart about it. Definitely sign NDAs [Non-disclosure agreements),\u201d McKinnie said, and laughed.<\/p>\n

No one is expecting Becton to rock the boat with the seas as stormy as they will be at the start of his NFL career.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re taking in everything, you\u2019re taking in a new environment, you\u2019re taking in new coaching, new teammates, the plays. \u2026 It\u2019s a lot coming at you at one time,\u201d McKinnie said. \u201cOnce you get acclimated to everything and everyone, after the third or fourth game, things should start to slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Big Mac is excited to see Big Mek play and will be rooting for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always cheer for like the big guys,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re like the motor. We have to crank up first in order for the car to run. The quarterback is the driver, the receivers and running back are like the wheels, but without that motor cranking up, you ain\u2019t going nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Start cranking, Mekhi Becton.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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