DK Metcalf is being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers and has agreed a new five-year, $150million contract with his new team.
Wide receiver Metcalf put in a trade request to get out of Seattle and has now landed with his new team, while the Seahawks get a 2025 second-round pick as part of the deal.
The $150m contract is the largest in Steelers franchise history and sees Metcalf pair up with George Pickens in a frightening WR duo.
Next up, Pittsburgh will need to finish off their offense by deciding on a new quarterback, with current QB1 Russell Wilson heading into free agency.
Over the last few days, Metcalf had been blasted by the Seahawks front office over his continued desire to get off the roster.
General manager John Schneider hit out at the timing of the wide receiver’s trade request, just hours after the Seahawks announced they would cut fellow wideout Tyler Lockett.
DK Metcalf has been pushing to get out of Seattle and has now landed with the Steelers
Metcalf will now join the likes of George Pickens on a stacked Pittsburgh Steelers roster
Lockett and Metcalf were in Seattle together for six seasons, with the pair becoming one of the NFL’s fiercest wide-receiver duos in their time in the Pacific Northwest.
Whether Lockett’s release was the direct cause for Metcalf wanting to play for another team was unclear. What is not murky is Schneider’s being unsatisfied with him.
‘Yeah, probably not intentional but very disappointed in the timing,’ Schneider said via Seattle Sports 710. ‘We wanted this to be a very special day, we wanted it to be Tyler Lockett Day.
Seahawks GM John Schneider previously hit out at the timing of Metcalf’s trade request
‘We’ve had cap casualties, very famous, extremely important legends that have been cap-casualty individuals that we probably could have handled a little bit different in the past.
‘So we wanted to handle Tyler’s situation as classy as we possibly could, so yeah, we were all very excited to have this really nice day for Tyler to celebrate Tyler. Yeah, I’d be lying – I felt bad for Tyler. You put [on the] TVs, [it’s] all about DK instead of Tyler Lockett.’
In Seattle, Jaxon Smith-Njigba appears to be the incumbent top receiver for 2025 with plenty of options for the team to beef up their wide-receiving corps.
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