Falcons' McKinley ends social media ban after growing tired of puppy videos

Atlanta Falcons rookie defensive end Takkarist McKinley has been fairly active on social media, but earlier this month, he announced that he was going on an indefinite hiatus.

Deactivating all my social media account by midnight for a while. Changing my # tomorrow. If you don't hear from me anymore oh well.

- Takkarist McKinley (@Takk) September 5, 2017

McKinley only made it two weeks before logging back onto Twitter because, as he explained to reporters Wednesday, he couldn't watch any more puppy videos.

Takk McKinley said he got tired of watching puppy videos, so he's happy to be back on social media pic.twitter.com/bwBMcEX6yx

- vaughn mcclure (@vxmcclure23) September 20, 2017

The 21-year-old has an adorable dog of his own named Codeine, whom he likes to dress up in Falcons gear and Batman costumes:

Name a more iconic duo, I'll wait.. Takk and codeine

A post shared by Takkarist Mckinley: AKA Takk (@uclaboundtakk) on May 22, 2017 at 8:08pm PDT

Codeine favorite superhero BATMAN #nationaldogday

A post shared by Takkarist Mckinley: AKA Takk (@uclaboundtakk) on Aug 26, 2017 at 7:50am PDT

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