What DK Metcalf said about the Seahawks on a podcast

Mar 20, 2025, 4:40 PM

Editor, Seattle Sports

Pro Bowl wide receiver DK Metcalf is on to the next chapter of his NFL career, but he took some time to reflect on his tenure with the Seattle Seahawks coming to an end on the Get Got Pod with former Seahawks running backs Marshawn Lynch and Mike Robinson.

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There were a few interesting things Metcalf shared about his last season with Seattle in particular in the episode released Thursday.

The 27-year-old Metcalf, who was sent from the Seahawks to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week after requesting a trade, said he was grateful for the six seasons he spent with Seattle.

“I just appreciate the Seahawks organization for taking a chance on me in the second round back in 2019,” Metcalf said. “… It’s just time for me to move on. I think the grass is greener on the other side.”

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It’s clear, however, there was some friction for Metcalf in 2024, which was the Seahawks’ first year after hiring Mike Macdonald to replace Pete Carroll at head coach. That change came with a new offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb, who Metcalf apparently didn’t mesh well with.

Asked about an instance during a game against the San Francisco 49ers where cameras caught Metcalf picking up a headset and speaking into it, Metcalf shared his side of the story.

On that particular day, we were playing the 49ers. They got this DB I’ve been going against since he was – we came (into the NFL) together. He played with the Giants so I went against him twice already, and then he was with the 49ers. So I’m like, OK, on third down you have to run past him early because they’re just going to sit at the sticks.

On third-and-4, we call all hitches. Like, that’s not running past him. He’s waiting on it. So when he sat and knocked the ball down, I come to the sideline like, let me just get the headset. Maybe he don’t need to hear it from you or he may have missed the text. So I said, ‘Grubb, can we please run by these guys?’ Like, they are sitting at the sticks on third down. In order to open up the underneath stuff, they got to be threatened deep first.

And that was the last week me and Lock (Tyler Lockett) did that. That was the last week me and Lock did any extra game planning.

Lockett was another topic that Metcalf spoke about. Seattle released the veteran receiver earlier this month after 10 years with the franchise, and Metcalf seemed to be disappointed in what Lockett went through during the 2024 season.

“That was like the start of Lock coming to me like, yeah, bro, I don’t think I’ma be here next year with the way that they doing me,” Metcalf said. “I’m like, that’s my brother. Lock just came off a band last year. Like, Lock had if not 1,000 (receiving yards in 2023) it was (darn) close to it, bro.

“It’s like, I had to sit and watch my brother be told you not good enough no more. And that was basically the hard part for me because I see this man cooking on Sundays. Whenever we need a big time third down, throw it to Lock. He’s gonna catch it.”

You can hear the full conversation between Metcalf, Lynch and Robinson in the video at this link.