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Steve McLendon made four takes on for the Jets in Sundays 24-0 loss to the Dolphins. Moments later on, the defensive take on remained in the procedure of being traded to the Buccaneers, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. In addition to getting McLendon, the Buccaneers will receive the Jets 2023 seventh-round choice in exchange for their 2022 sixth-round pick, per Stroud.
A former undrafted rookie out of Troy, the 6-foot-3, 310-pound McLendon cracked the Steelers roster in 2010, appearing in seven video games that season while helping Pittsburgh win their third AFC title in six years. McClendon remained in Pittsburgh through the 2015 season, getting 31 regular season begins in 79 games.
McLendons success in Pittsburgh led to him signing a three-year handle the Jets throughout the 2016 offseason. He then signed two different extensions with the group, with the second extension making him a complimentary representative after this season. In five seasons with the Jets, the 34-year-old McLendon has actually made 58 starts in 64 video games. He has actually recorded 154 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, and five sacks..
McLendon will go from the 0-6 Jets to a Buccaneers group that improved to 4-2 after defeating Aaron Rodgers and the formerly unbeaten Packers on Sunday, 38-10. Tampa Bays defense, which entered Sundays game No. 8 in the NFL in scoring, held the Packers to just 13 first downs and 7-of-17 performance on 3rd down. They likewise sacked Rodgers four times and intercepted him two times..
