Supply – Seahawks star WR DK Metcalf requests commerce

SEATTLE — Seahawks star broad receiver DK Metcalf has requested a commerce away from Seattle and prefers to be dealt to a contending crew, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Metcalf, a two-time Professional Bowl choice, made his commerce request Wednesday after a sequence of conversations over the previous two weeks, the supply instructed Schefter. The request got here on the identical day the Seahawks introduced the discharge of franchise nice and fellow receiver Tyler Lockett in an anticipated transfer.

The Seahawks are upset that information of Metcalf’s commerce request was leaked on a day the group was celebrating Lockett’s 10-year profession in Seattle, a supply instructed ESPN. The supply mentioned the crew will discover a Metcalf commerce, including, “We are going to do what’s finest for the Seahawks.”

Metcalf’s agent didn’t reply to a request for remark from ESPN.

The crew had already engaged in commerce discussions concerning Metcalf earlier than Wednesday, in line with a supply, although it isn’t clear in the event that they have been actively procuring the receiver or merely listening to commerce provides.

Metcalf, 27, is searching for a brand new deal as he enters the ultimate yr of the three-year, $72 million extension he signed in 2022. He is set to make a bit over $18 million in 2025. Buying and selling him earlier than June 1 would clear almost $10.9 million in wage cap house however would drive the Seahawks to tackle $21 million in useless cash this season.

Metcalf is coming off a 66-catch, 992-yard, five-touchdown season, having missed two video games with a knee harm.

With hypothesis mounting about his future in Seattle as he entered a contract yr, basic supervisor John Schneider dismissed a query concerning the receiver’s scenario on the scouting mix in Indianapolis. Coach Mike Macdonald has talked publicly about Metcalf being a focus of Seattle’s offense in 2025, reiterating on the mix that they needed to get him extra concerned after he completed final season with 108 targets in 15 video games.

Macdonald beforehand talked about how his interviews with offensive coordinator candidates included questions on how they’d maximize Metcalf, and that his decide for the job, Klint Kubiak, had a powerful plan.

Metcalf averaged 9 targets over the Seahawks’ first six video games final season. He damage his MCL in Week 7, missed two video games after which averaged slightly below six targets the remainder of the season. Macdonald famous that Metcalf nonetheless wasn’t 100% wholesome whereas citing the emergence of second-year receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba — who led the crew with 100 catches, 1,130 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns — as one other issue.

The Seahawks traded as much as draft Metcalf with the ultimate decide of the second spherical in 2019. Regardless of operating a 4.33 second 40-yard sprint on the mix at 6-foot-3 and 228 kilos, he had fallen within the draft due partially to considerations about his route operating in addition to a severe neck harm that had ended his closing school season at Ole Miss.

However Metcalf rapidly turned a star, ending with 900 receiving yards as a rookie earlier than setting a franchise report with 1,303 in 2020. He made the Professional Bowl in his second season and once more in 2023. His 6,324 receiving yards are probably the most in crew historical past over a participant’s first six seasons. That complete ranks eleventh amongst broad receivers since 2019, whereas Metcalf’s 48 receiving touchdowns are fifth most in that span.

Metcalf’s 38 complete penalties are 10 greater than another broad receiver had since 2019. He has drawn criticism for a sometimes-undisciplined taking part in fashion, with a number of of his penalties coming for after-the-whistle infractions.