After Pete Carroll‘s language regarding D.K. Metcalf‘s status resembled his pre-trade Russell Wilson stance, trade rumblings regarding the fourth-year wide receiver have emerged. John Schneider‘s recent comments on the escalating receiver market — one that now includes a big-ticket Stefon Diggs deal — also sent up a potential red flag about Metcalf’s Seattle situation.
Indeed, teams are calling the Seahawks on Metcalf, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com notes (video link). But it does not appear the talented wideout’s situation has reached the level where a trade is imminent. Metcalf said in January he wants to stay with the Seahawks, and Garafolo adds the team is interested in an extension. Both Schneider and Carroll have said the team intends to keep Metcalf on a long-term deal.
The Jets look to be one of the teams that have called, but Connor Hughes of The Athletic adds the team was told the Seahawks are “not accepting offers” on their Pro Bowl pass catcher. New York made a big push for Tyreek Hill and was in on the Amari Cooper market. The Jets have made it clear they are hunting for a wideout, and their Hill pursuit shows they are unafraid of paying up for a high-end target.
While Metcalf’s January comments came when Wilson was still on the team, the Seahawks’ disinterest in rebuilding also points to them prioritizing their second-round find. Metcalf is going into a contract year, joining a host of Day 2 receiver investments — from Deebo Samuel to A.J. Brown to Terry McLaurin — in that regard. Diggs, Hill and Davante Adams raised the receiver wage bar, injecting additional intrigue into the 2019 draftees’ contract talks. Metcalf is likely to want a deal in this range, Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times notes. That will put the run-oriented Seahawks to a decision. Part of the reason the team bailed on Wilson was the monster extension the quarterback will be due by 2023.
The Seahawks already acquired two first-rounders and change for Wilson, arming the team with needed draft capital and stripping it of a franchise-quarterback contract. This would make a Metcalf payment easier. The Seahawks would also have the franchise tag in play in 2023, should this situation reach that point. A big offer, however, does keep the door open Metcalf could receive his second contract from another team.
I say Patriots or KC
Why would KC do that when they just traded Tyreek when he also wanted a big contract?
Age, for one thing. Metcalf also has less claim to the very top of the market than Hill.
Too many wide outs in the draft for the Chiefs to trade for him and then have to pay.
Lol, are you nuts. The Pats will NEVER pay that kind of guaranteed money to ANYONE. Haven’t you paid attention to their history? Kraft Bob is too fn cheap.
Wtf? How many SB’s do the Patriots have to win?? You’all should be sending him gift certificates to his favorite massage parlor.
I see what you did there.
Jets #2 this and next year plus Mimms If Seattle doesn’t want to pay him
Mims is worth a mid round pick at most right now. Metcalf would fetch a first rounder.
Not even close to enough
the jets offered two twos for Hill and KC excepted so I figured it was in thd ballpark if Mims is worth a 4-5th
Mims would be worth a flyer for someone, but I can’t imagine Seattle trading Metcalf without getting one first.
I’ve done a mock draft on PFF.
The sim accepted this trade from GB:
GB sends it’s 1st and 2nd for ‘23 and ‘24 and a 22 2d. (Keeps 22 and 28 this year.)
SEA sends no. 9 and both it’s 2nd Rd picks and Metcalf to GB, plus some later rd pick.
Somehow I don’t think PFF is very realistic.
Ask a goofy question, get a goofy answer.
Let’s go GB… offer up a 1 and Love for DK. Let the negotiations begin!
No one wants Love.
I’d think Lockett would be the one they would deal. He’s a stud just older. I’d be surprised if DK was traded.
Seahawks are the worst team in their division. No signs of improving. Their defense sucks. They have no QB. They cannot ever hire an OC that does anything. They need to move DK now.
Let’s say all of those things are true. The only thing this team has going for it is that it has DK. Trade DK for what purpose? Draft picks? So they can draft more LJ “healthy scratch” Colliers? The only reason to trade DK for draft choices that they will use to attempt to find a player like DK is because he doesn’t want to be in Seattle, and he forces them to trade him by not negotiating an extension. If Drew Lock were my QB I would want out too. He might be waiting to see how the draft plays out?
The Seahawks were dead last in average time of possession by an incredible 2 minute margin. Unless that can be changed all offensive weapons are wasted.
Jets make all the sense and have what Seattle would want (back) – their number one (10th overall). Maybe a round flip where the Jets get a second rounder for a third, but such a deal would help out both teams.
The Jets have already offered the #10 and the Seahawks said no. So it would take more than that.
SEA could be rebuilt in no time if they flip Metcalf and then Lockett. Surprised teams are not calling on Lockett. I guess age and back end of his contract is the issue
Did they hire new scouts and have Pete and John turned over drafting players to another person? The only All Pro they have drafted in the last five years was the punter. I think in the case of DK the bird in the hand is worth more than a handful of lottery tickets.
They drafted Dk Metcalf 3 years ago and he is an all pro. They also have been a good team for the last 10 years so their draft picks have all been toward the end of the draft rounds. Its easy to draft all pros when you pick at the top of the draft every year. You have no clue about the Seahawks,,,,
Sorry. He was a second team All Pro which isn’t the same thing. I know that they drafted Penny ahead of guys like Nick Chubb. I know they passed on a guy like Creed Humphrey and selected an injured special team WR. I know that with the next pick the Chiefs took Humphrey, cut their center and the Hawks just signed him to a FA contract. I know Marquis Blair was a second round pick that has played less than half a season in three years. I know that the Patriots never used late draft choices as an excuse. I know that there are more than ten NFL starters in every draft, and I know LJ Collier wasn’t one of them. Tell the truth Monday has to extend to the draft. We have not drafted well enough in the last half decade and it is why the roster is thin. That is the truth. Simply drafting higher isn’t good enough. They have to draft better.
Well, at least since they are bad now, an All-Pro punter comes in handy.
Hot take:
DK Metcalfe and 72nd pick in the draft for Trey Lance.
Seahawks get their franchise QB in Trey Lance, who they can build around and didn’t have to give up a first or a second to get him.
If the draft, at 9th take Kayvon Thibodeaux if he’s there and hope Pete Carroll, Jamal Adams and those guys can get the best out of him.
40th take a WR like George Pickens to replace Metcalfe, and at 41st take Darian Kinnard at tackle to try an improve the line.
On offence you have Lance, Carson, Lockett, Pickens, Fant and a slightly better o line.
On defence you have a nice front 4 of Harris Ford Jefferson and Thibs. Hopefully Jordan Brooks can thrive at ILB with Wagner gone.
Loads of picks to use in the future, it would be promising signs ahead.
For the Niners you give up Lance but get back Metcalfe and a third. It’s a big assumption to make but having not dealt Jimmy G yet, and with the glimpses of Lance last season maybe they aren’t sold on him and have regrets taking him. This deal gives them a top quality receiver to pair with Deebo and Auiyuk to make a very good trio.
You already have Kittle, and a strong o line and Elijah Mitchell was excellent as a rookie.
On defence you remain very strong with Armstead, Kinlaw, Bosa, Ford, Warner, Ward and Ward.
A second and 2 thirds in the draft, plenty of options at G, CB and LB. I’d suggest taking best players available in the second, then Jamaree Slayer or Ed Ingram at G, Coby Bryant or Josh Jobe at CB in the third.
It would leave no weaknesses on this niners team which has come so close so many times now. If Jimmy G fails again or does preform you can go for gold next offseason.
Doubt it ever happens tho simply because they are in the same division
Zero chance SF dumps Lance for pennies on the dollar a year later like that.
I have one person saying DK and a third is pennies on the dollar and another saying Lance is trash.
What does that make DK and a third, super trash?
Cmon now
Trey Lance is a bust.
Too soon to tell
Any first rounder that was drafted that high and took extra picks to trade up for and then didn’t outplay Jimmy G. is a bust no matter what. Even if he is awesome later, he has already wasted a year of his rookie deal. A QB on a rookie contract opens up a championship window. Once they get Mahomes money you have to start trading pieces like Tyreke Hill in order to sign your draft class and you get beat by the Bengals.
Your hypothetical sounds eerily familiar.
Metcalf is valueless on a team led by Drew Lock. Get some picks for anyone you can, tank with Lock, and then wait for the 2023 draft.
The only problem is that they can’t be trusted to turn those picks into All Pros. How many LJ Colliers would it take to acquire DK Metcalf??? What are they going to do with those picks? Try to draft another Metcalf? Bird in the hand is worth more than a handful of lottery tickets. All of their players are useless on a team with Lock as the QB. Trade them all by that logic.
No one has a team full of All-Pros. The best teams get 16-22 people who know how to play effectively. If you can do this mostly on Rookie contracts you are set up for years.
Sure. No one is expecting a “team of all pros”. You also can’t have a team with none. The fact is, the Seahawks have not drafted well. I’m not sure why that is controversial?
They drafted DK…
After Marquise Blair. They got lucky. After they determined Marquise Blair was a better prospect than Metcalf he fell far enough for them to trade up and draft him. That is the point kind of. In the last five years, they got lucky with one draft pick at the end of the second round. Trading a bird in the hand for a handful of lottery tickets to try and draft another DK is a bad plan based on recent draft history. I’m arguing they are more likely to draft LJ Collier or Blair or Penny than another DK.
link to espn.com
I actually agree that they shouldn’t trade DK, but not by that rational.
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