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WR DK Metcalf, PIT (2 Viewers)

Speaking Tuesday, Seahawks GM John Schneider said that it is "our intent" to extend contract-year WR DK Metcalf. 

The Seahawks notably said the exact same thing about Russell Wilson. Schneider also again complained about the exploding market for wide receivers, as he did last week, saying: "But yeah there is a bit of, whoa, but then you have to figure out, where’s the cap going? What it’s going to look like? How do you build your team?" Pete Carroll used the exact same word, "intend," in speaking about Metcalf earlier on Tuesday. There sure seems to be reason to believe Metcalf could be traded if the Seahawks aren't comfortable paying what the market is now bearing. 

SOURCE: Brady Henderson on Twitter

Mar 29, 2022, 3:31 PM ET
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travdogg said:
Chiefs need a WR more. Jets might actually be pretty set with Moore/Davis/Berrios. Might be a minority opinion, but I think Moore and Davis are both better than anybody KC has right now. 

Thinking really outside the box, the best fit for Metcalf in my opinion would be the Chargers. All their offseason moves seem to be pointing to trying to win shootouts, and maximize Herbert's rookie window. Adding Metcalf makes the deep ball even deadlier, and likely puts only 5-6 guys in the box to defend them, which allows Ekeler/Allen the space to be almost free 1st downs. Plus they currently have the 6th most cap space.

Along a similar line of thinking the Bengals would be interesting, 5th in cap space and would likely lead to a Boyd trade/release, but I don't know who plays inside in that scenario, Higgins maybe?

If they are actually committed to Winston, the Saints would make some sense. They are the masters of the, "we'll figure out how to afford it later" and Metcalf would be a perfect compliment to Thomas and Kamara. 

The last team I'll throw out is the Eagles. They have a need at WR, and have 3 1st round picks. However, I'm not sure if Jalen Hurts is the right QB to take advantage of Metcalf's skills. 
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I just think with the Chiefs deciding not to pay Hill that they prefer not to sign a mega deal at that position (and that is what DK would cost). I am also not really sure if DK is really worth that type of contract. He is still limited in his routes, has average hands, and seems to disappear for long stretches. He is a heck of a deep threat but he also had the ultimate deep ball thrower in Wilson. He would need to expand his game a bit more before I felt comfortable giving him big bucks. And now the Chiefs have some draft capital to get some younger, less expensive talent at that position to grow with Pat.

I do like the Chargers idea. With Mike Williams on one side and Keenan working the slot, they would be deadly having DK clearing out space. It seems to fit their mentality of going for it along with the Mack and Jackson signings.

I don’t love the idea of the Bengals as they have two great outside receivers and would be better served using draft capital on oline IMO.

Saints and Eagles also make sense as you mentioned from a need perspective. Honestly if the Browns could swing it he would pair well with Watson. That big signing may also take away some of the attention from their QB as well.

Obviously Green Bay has an opening but I do not see him as a good fit with Rodgers (who seems to favor technicians).

 
94 WIP Philadelphia's Howard Eskin reports the Jets were willing to offer the No. 10 overall pick in the draft to the Seahawks in exchange for DK Metcalf, but Seattle "shut it right down."

"The Jets were going to offer, and Seattle knew it, the No. 10 pick in the fist round," Eskin said. "I’ve been told by multiple people when somebody calls Seattle about DK Metcalf, (they said) ‘We’re not trading him. We’re not trading him.’ They don’t even take the offer. They just say ‘Nope,’ and they just shut it right down. You can’t even make an offer right now.” Eskin is based out of Philly, but his report is at least noteworthy. NFL Network's Mike Garafolo's read on the situation is that it would take an "enormous" package to pry Metcalf out of Seattle. The No. 10 overall pick, of course, originally belonged to the Seahawks but was traded to the Jets for Jamal Adams. Jets GM Joe Douglas is trying everything to land an alpha No. 1 wideout.

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SOURCE: 94 WIP Philadelphia

Apr 6, 2022, 2:51 PM ET
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We'll see how much smoke the Seahawks are blowing about not trading Metcalf at the draft.

If I'm Green Bay, I would make a big offer for him. With a potential Super Bowl window narrowing by the year, are they really going to go into the season with their top weapons for Rodgers being a rookie WR drafted in the 20s and Alan Lazard? If so, good luck.

 
Agreed. I find it very hard to believe they’d go thru all they’ve gone thru to get Rogers to come back then give him scrubs to throw the ball to 

 
zamboni said:
We'll see how much smoke the Seahawks are blowing about not trading Metcalf at the draft.

If I'm Green Bay, I would make a big offer for him. With a potential Super Bowl window narrowing by the year, are they really going to go into the season with their top weapons for Rodgers being a rookie WR drafted in the 20s and Alan Lazard? If so, good luck.
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But there is the great Amari Rodgers.

 
zamboni said:
We'll see how much smoke the Seahawks are blowing about not trading Metcalf at the draft.

If I'm Green Bay, I would make a big offer for him. With a potential Super Bowl window narrowing by the year, are they really going to go into the season with their top weapons for Rodgers being a rookie WR drafted in the 20s and Alan Lazard? If so, good luck.
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The problem is, DK is going to want to get paid......like Adams wanted. Why let Adams walk and then pay a similar contract to DK? I get that he's younger, but I'd imagine its going to cost quite a bit just to get him to GB. 

 
Cjw_55106 said:
The problem is, DK is going to want to get paid......like Adams wanted. Why let Adams walk and then pay a similar contract to DK? I get that he's younger, but I'd imagine its going to cost quite a bit just to get him to GB. 
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I don't recall the details regarding Adams, but IIRC they traded him because he basically wanted out and the team obliged him. It may have also been cap-related, but we've seen that the cap is not as much of a deterrent as is advertised if a team wants a player badly enough.

 
Cjw_55106 said:
The problem is, DK is going to want to get paid......like Adams wanted. Why let Adams walk and then pay a similar contract to DK? I get that he's younger, but I'd imagine its going to cost quite a bit just to get him to GB. 
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Not a real good track record lately for 30+ year old WRs.  

If they could swap players with money being the same, it would certainly make sense to take DK over Adam's.  

We all think Adam's looks like he will be a stuper stud for 5 more years, but the reality is he very likely wont

 
ghostguy123 said:
Not a real good track record lately for 30+ year old WRs.  

If they could swap players with money being the same, it would certainly make sense to take DK over Adam's.  

We all think Adam's looks like he will be a stuper stud for 5 more years, but the reality is he very likely wont
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If that is the case, wouldnt DK cost more to acquire?

 
ghostguy123 said:
Not a real good track record lately for 30+ year old WRs.  

If they could swap players with money being the same, it would certainly make sense to take DK over Adam's.  

We all think Adam's looks like he will be a stuper stud for 5 more years, but the reality is he very likely wont
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If you are signing Rodgers and letting Adams walk - you have determined Rodgers was a large portion of Adams success; which could be true.  I think there is a strong case that, a younger, DK Metcalf could have the same success Adams did with Rodgers throwing him the football...

 
If true that Seattle turned down a 1.10 from the Jets,I’m becoming more convinced he’s not going to be dealt. 

Of course, that was their own pick they gave up in the Adams trade, but still. That’s a healthy pick. 

 
If Seattle were to take a QB at 9-40-41...the transition into the NFL would be a lot easier with a DK Metcalf at their disposal. 

-Pete Carroll ain't tanking, they're going to do something to get themselves relevant quickly. They can address both Tackle positions if they want and take a QB, they already are loaded at WR. The rest of the Draft they can focus on Defense. They'll win some games, clear out loads of cap space and be ready to lock n load in '23 and start hunting. 

 
Really, what's the point for Seahawks on hanging onto Metcalf?  I mean, it's open secret on their HC Carroll's desire to return their offense back to run-heavy scheme.  He doesn't even scheme Metcalf and Lockett in their offense.  I thought they (especially Carroll) really wasted Wilson's talents.  All they did in the past was run and pass deep.  I mean, I hadn't seen any short or intermediate passing. 

Seahawks should sell Metcalf high to maximize their draft picks. 

 
Aznflyer14 said:
Really, what's the point for Seahawks on hanging onto Metcalf?  I mean, it's open secret on their HC Carroll's desire to return their offense back to run-heavy scheme.  He doesn't even scheme Metcalf and Lockett in their offense.  I thought they (especially Carroll) really wasted Wilson's talents.  All they did in the past was run and pass deep.  I mean, I hadn't seen any short or intermediate passing. 

Seahawks should sell Metcalf high to maximize their draft picks. 
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I think this has been well covered up thread but the point is two-fold:

- you need people to catch footballs; and

- trading players like Metcalf to get draft picks to hopefully draft players like Metcalf isn't exactly a flawless strategy.

 
habsfan said:
- trading players like Metcalf to get draft picks to hopefully draft players like Metcalf isn't exactly a flawless strategy.
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Depends on the return, how the next draft class looks, and do you need a QB?

Well, next year should have some higher end QBs to draft, Metcalf should get them a pretty decent return, and yeah dang skippy they need a QB.

 
Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951)

I am really surprised that Seattle is going in the rebuild process with 71 year old coach, but if they do, trade DK during draft to the Jets for a package of picks, instead paying to DK big money next year and have nothing around him, seems like a good idea to me. 

 
Drezden said:
Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951)

I am really surprised that Seattle is going in the rebuild process with 71 year old coach, but if they do, trade DK during draft to the Jets for a package of picks, instead paying to DK big money next year and have nothing around him, seems like a good idea to me. 
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Yep.  Draft your QB next year and then use your cap space and any leftover picks to build around him.  Get the Jets 2nd this year and 2023 1st and 2nd.  Or swindle pick 10 and the 2023 1st somehow.

On the other hand, if they suck royally bad enough, you can pretty much assure yourself of a top pick to get a QB, and that new QB will have DK around to help.  But, trading DK away and also collecting more 2023 picks will greatly increase the chances of either earning the top pick or being able to trade for it.

 
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ghostguy123 said:
Yep.  Draft your QB next year and then use your cap space and any leftover picks to build around him.  Get the Jets 2nd this year and 2023 1st and 2nd.  Or swindle pick 10 and the 2023 1st somehow.

On the other hand, if they suck royally bad enough, you can pretty much assure yourself of a top pick to get a QB, and that new QB will have DK around to help.  But, trading DK away and also collecting more 2023 picks will greatly increase the chances of either earning the top pick or being able to trade for it.
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Get a top 10 pick and a 1st round pick next year. For DK?

 
DK Metcalf (foot surgery) has resumed running.

Metcalf had a screw removed from his foot in February but appears well on track to be at full health for training camp. Entering the final year of his rookie deal, Metcalf has shown no signs of skipping workouts or holding out. At the same time, the Seahawks have not ramped up extension talks for the contract-year star. Metcalf will likely sign an extension at some point over the summer, with a small possibility that he is traded for a package of picks that Seattle turns into running backs.

SOURCE: ProFootballTalk

May 2, 2022, 5:30 PM ET
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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll still expects the team to extend contract-year WR DK Metcalf. 

“We want him to be here. He wants to be here," Carroll reasoned. "We’ll figure it out. It’ll just take us some time but we’ll get it done.” They are by far Carroll's most positive, direct comments on the matter. In an offseason of wide receiver merry-go-round around the league, Metcalf has not made a huge stink about his desired new contract. It would seem he truly is open to remaining in Seattle. Metcalf has not held out of OTAs. We will see with June's mandatory minicamp. 

SOURCE: Brady Henderson on Twitter 

May 5, 2022, 8:10 PM ET
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Pro Football Focus' Brad Spielberger projects DK Metcalf's next contract to be five years and $130 million. 

Metcalf, 24, whose 3,170 receiving yards through three NFL seasons ranks inside the top-20 all time, is entering the final year of his rookie deal. The Seahawks have seemed hesitant to break the bank with a massive extension for Metcalf, but Metcalf said in early May that he anticipates a deal getting done before the start of the 2022 season. Spielberger's projection for Metcalf's extension would translate to $26 million per year, slightly more than A.J. Brown's deal with the Eagles. This assumes, of course, Metcalf wants to remain in the Seahawks' backward offense under the run-obsessed Pete Carroll. 

SOURCE: ESPN.com 

May 30, 2022, 8:25 AM ET
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NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports DK Metcalf "is not present for mandatory minicamp, as contract talks have not yet resulted in a new deal."

He added that Metcalf is currently rehabbing from foot surgery in LA. The Atheltic's Michael-Shawn Dugar noted that Metcalf was present for some of the team's voluntary workouts. The Seahawks have made their intentions of inking Metcalf to an extension public, but there hasn't been any movement reported recently. A recent projection for the deal had Metcalf making $130 million over five years. Seattle is flush with cap space in the coming seasons, so it's likely that the two sides reach an agreement later in the summer. 

SOURCE: Ian Rapoport on Twitter

Jun 7, 2022, 2:25 PM ET
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Speaking at minicamp, Pete Carroll said of holdout WR DK Metcalf: "We’ve had so many high-profile guys that have gone through this process ... Johnny (Schneider) is on it."

 “We have to go through it again and start all over fresh, knowing that it’s brand new for us and a kid like DK and he’s a remarkable person. He’s a wonderful player, he has so much to offer the world, and I just don’t want him to miss this opportunity, where we can’t figure it out. So, we’ll do everything that we can," Carroll added. There's been no public movement for either side as we head towards the start of training camp in late July. Metcalf has more than earned an extension in line with the NFL's elite receivers. 

SOURCE: Seahawks Wire

Jun 21, 2022, 4:23 PM ET
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Man it’s crickets on this guy. I’m so torn on if there’s value here based on his extreme talent, but man the floor is low.
 
GoBirds said:
Man it’s crickets on this guy. I’m so torn on if there’s value here based on his extreme talent, but man the floor is low.
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Took him in the 6th of a 10 team ppr league recently. Hoping for lots of garbage time catches, but sure seems like a down year coming with those QBs.
 
foxco said:
GoBirds said:
Man it’s crickets on this guy. I’m so torn on if there’s value here based on his extreme talent, but man the floor is low.
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Took him in the 6th of a 10 team ppr league recently. Hoping for lots of garbage time catches, but sure seems like a down year coming with those QBs.
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If you can get him in the 6th... it would be dumb not to take him. The Seahawks have a bunch of "?" at RB and a guy with no future at QB... should be fun watching him chuck it up to DK in garbage time. The Seahawks are a dumpster fire but DK is not.
 

DK Metcalf caught 2-of-7 targets for 34 yards in the Seahawks' Week 6 win over the Cardinals.​


Metcalf logged a 23 percent target share, but with just 31 Geno Smith attempts up for grabs, that didn't result in many targets. Smith also had an off-game, so Metcalf's rate of converting on those targets was also quite poor. Metcalf also contributed one drop to the cause. It was an ugly day for the Seattle offense, leading to both receivers flopping. If Smith and company can rebound versus the Chargers next week, DK should get back on track. Metcalf remains in the WR2 ranks for Week 7.
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