Steelers star DK Metcalf's social media post signals excitement as NFL suspension ends ahead of playoffs

The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the NFL playoffs aft a thrilling extremity to Week 18, and 1 of their stars is intelligibly blessed due to the fact that helium wasn't allowed to play successful the team's important last regular-season games owed to a suspension. 

D.K. Metcalf was suspended 2 games for swiping astatine a instrumentality during the Steelers' crippled against the Detroit Lions, and his 2025 play availability came down to a 44-yard tract extremity by Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop connected Sunday nighttime to find who would triumph the AFC North and who would beryllium heading location for the year. 

Loop's footwear went wide right, and successful turn, Metcalf volition beryllium suiting up against the Houston Texans connected "Monday Night Football" during the Wild Card Round. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers' DK Metcalf sits connected the seat during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)

Metcalf decided to station a skit by comedian Druski to his Instagram Story connected Monday, which expressed his happiness. In the skit, Druski is playing a quality who was conscionable released from jail, which Metcalf is intelligibly comparing to his two-game suspension. 

Druski is gathering up with friends again successful the skit, portion saying "demon home." Metcalf apt volition consciousness the aforesaid mode heading into the Steelers' installation this week to hole for their playoff game. 

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The Steelers didn't person to anticipation that Loop missed that footwear connected Sunday nighttime to find their playoff spot, arsenic a triumph implicit the Cleveland Browns successful Week 17 would've sealed the deal. But without Metcalf, Rodgers and institution had a hard clip against the Browns' defense, which included 3 passes from the four-time MVP backmost to Marquez Valdes-Scantling astatine the extremity of the crippled that each went incomplete successful the extremity zone. 

Steelers fans couldn't assistance but deliberation what mightiness person happened if Metcalf was the 1 getting those slice balls similar helium has each season. 

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf (4) warms up earlier the crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Aug. 16, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

Instead, Week 18 mattered arsenic the Ravens defeated the Green Bay Packers and made the matchup a winner-takes-all script astatine Acrisure Stadium. Luckily for Metcalf, his teammates picked him up, including Calvin Austin hauling successful the game-winning touchdown with 55 seconds near successful the 4th quarter. 

However, the Steelers were connected pins and needles aft trusty kicker Chris Boswell shanked the other point, leaving the Ravens the accidental astatine the walk-off field. 

Pittsburgh escaped with the victory, but the situation gets adjacent greater present arsenic they volition person to look the Texans, the NFL's champion defence successful yards allowed per crippled (277.2) and second-best successful points allowed (17.4). 

Pittsburgh Steelers information Jabrill Peppers (40) reacts aft Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop (33) missed a tract extremity effort successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, successful Pittsburgh.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Metcalf volition beryllium relied connected by Rodgers and the remainder of the Steelers' discourtesy to get the occupation done, and though he's joking a spot now, helium surely understands the unit that comes his mode successful the playoffs. 

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