DK Metcalf traded to Steelers, agrees to 5-year deal as Seahawks fulfill disgruntled star's wish: reports

D.K. Metcalf's privation to beryllium traded by the Seattle Seahawks has been granted. 

He's getting his large payday helium wants, too. 

The Pittsburgh Steelers person reportedly sent a 2025 second-round prime to the Seahawks successful speech for Metcalf, per ESPN. They volition besides beryllium swapping 2025 sixth- and seventh-round picks. 

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DK Metcalf of the Seattle Seahawks walks disconnected the tract aft helium was disqualified during the 4th fourth of the crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Levi's Stadium connected December 10, 2023, successful Santa Clara, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

On apical of that, ESPN reports the Steelers and Metcalf agreeing to a five-year, $150 cardinal declaration to support him with the squad long-term.

The Steelers already person 1 of the champion deep-ball threats successful the crippled with George Pickens successful the wide receivers room, and helium volition present beryllium paired up with Metcalf, who tin beryllium the aforesaid menace anyplace connected the gridiron. 

Metcalf was searching for a caller declaration this offseason arsenic helium was entering the last twelvemonth of his three-year, $72 cardinal woody with Seattle. 

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Last week, Metcalf requested to beryllium traded by the Seahawks aft having conversations astir his aboriginal with the franchise that chose him successful the 2nd circular successful 2019. GM John Schneider noted taking calls from a clump of teams aft the quality went nationalist but that helium would beryllium making a woody that champion suited his team, not Metcalf, for the future. 

Schneider has been engaged revamping the Seahawks’ extent illustration this offseason, arsenic helium besides chopped seasoned wide receiver Tyler Lockett, antiaircraft tackles Dre’Mont Jones and Roy Robertson-Harris, information Rayshawn Jenkins and violative tackle George Fant. 

And Metcalf wasn’t the lone violative prima to beryllium dealt elsewhere – his starting backmost since 2022 was moved, too. 

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett (16) and wide receiver DK Metcalf instrumentality to the locker country pursuing a 37-27 triumph against the San Francisco 49ers astatine CenturyLink Field. (Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports)

Geno Smith was reunited with Pete Carroll aft the Seahawks sent him to the Las Vegas Raiders successful speech for a 2025 third-round pick.

It’s a new-look Seahawks squad that has immoderate bully draught superior arsenic good arsenic young pieces similar moving backs Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnett and wide receiver Jaxson Smith-Njigba to physique around. 

For the Steelers, their adjacent large acquisition volition beryllium their backmost for the 2025 campaign. 

Last season, it was clip divided with Justin Fields and Russell Wilson, the second of whom was rehabbing from wounded and was fixed his starting occupation backmost erstwhile healthy. Head manager Mike Tomlin erstwhile again led his squad to a playoff berth contempt mediocre violative production, though it didn’t past agelong with a Wild Card Round exit. 

With the 27-year-old Metcalf locked up for years to come, on with different coagulated endowment connected offense, the Steelers volition beryllium hoping to fastener down a signal-caller precise soon. Wilson and Fields are disposable arsenic good arsenic different escaped cause options similar Sam Darnold, Jameis Winston and Aaron Rodgers, who is expected to beryllium released by the Jets connected March 12 erstwhile the caller league twelvemonth begins. 

Seattle wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) goes successful question during the crippled against the Falcons connected October 20, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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In his sixth NFL play past year, Metcalf tallied 66 catches (108 targets) for 992 yards with 5 touchdowns implicit 15 games (12 starts). 

Metcalf has totaled 3 1,000-yard seasons implicit his vocation and back-to-back double-digit touchdown campaigns successful 2020 and 2021.

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