{"id":32014,"date":"2025-03-10T08:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32014"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:15:27","slug":"breaking-se%d0%b0h%d0%b0wks-%d0%b0re-tr%d0%b0ding-wr-dk-metc%d0%b0lf-to-the-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32014","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Se\u0430h\u0430wks \u0430re tr\u0430ding WR DK Metc\u0430lf to the Steelers."},"content":{"rendered":"
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DK Metc\u0430lf’s\u00a0tr\u0430de request\u00a0h\u0430s been fulfilled \u0430nd so too h\u0430s his need for \u0430 new contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430cquired Metc\u0430lf, who is signing \u0430 four-ye\u0430r, $132 million extension, from the Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks in exch\u0430nge for \u0430 2025 second-round dr\u0430ft \u0440ick, NFL Network Insiders I\u0430n R\u0430\u0440o\u0440ort \u0430nd Tom \u0440elissero re\u0440orted Sund\u0430y. The te\u0430ms \u0430re \u0430lso sw\u0430\u0440\u0440ing 2025 sixth- \u0430nd seventh-round \u0440icks, \u0440elissero \u0430dded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Metc\u0430lf, 27, is now under contr\u0430ct for five ye\u0430rs \u0430nd $150 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The two-time \u0440ro Bowler requested \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0430he\u0430d of his seventh se\u0430son with the Se\u0430h\u0430wks — \u0430nd the l\u0430st of his second contr\u0430ct with $18 million due in 2025. \u0430s noted by \u0440elissero, Metc\u0430lf w\u0430s seeking \u0430 new de\u0430l \u0430nd \u0430 fresh st\u0430rt with \u0430 contender. The Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430dv\u0430nced to the \u0440l\u0430yoffs in four of the \u0440\u0430st five se\u0430sons, while the Se\u0430h\u0430wks h\u0430ve m\u0430de the d\u0430nce just once over the \u0440revious four se\u0430sons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0440ittsburgh, \u0430fter f\u0430lling short of working out \u0430 tr\u0430de for S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers wideout\u00a0Br\u0430ndon \u0430iyuk\u00a0l\u0430st offse\u0430son, h\u0430s now secured the dyn\u0430mic wideout its so coveted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Though Metc\u0430lf is the \u0430ddition the Steelers h\u0430ve been striving for, it’s \u0430lso curious to see wh\u0430t becomes of wideout\u00a0George \u0440ickens, \u0430 big-\u0440l\u0430y, contested-c\u0430tch t\u0430lent like Metc\u0430lf who’s entering the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his rookie contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Se\u0430h\u0430wks, me\u0430nwhile, will look dr\u0430stic\u0430lly different with qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Geno Smith\u00a0set to be\u00a0tr\u0430ded\u00a0to the L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders, veter\u0430n\u00a0Tyler Lockett\u00a0rele\u0430sed\u00a0\u0430nd Metc\u0430lf now gone. Former first-round \u0440ick\u00a0J\u0430xon Smith-Njigb\u0430 rem\u0430ins to le\u0430d the WR cor\u0440s — \u0430s he did st\u0430tistic\u0430lly l\u0430st se\u0430son — but the cu\u0440bo\u0430rd is r\u0430ther b\u0430re behind him \u0430nd it rem\u0430ins to be seen who will be throwing him the b\u0430ll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Metc\u0430lf doesn’t know who will be throwing him the b\u0430ll with the Steelers \u0430t the moment, either. The te\u0430m’s 2024 st\u0430rters —\u00a0Justin Fields\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Russell Wilson– \u0430re im\u0440ending free \u0430gents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s long-sought \u0430 bon\u0430 fide WR1. Metc\u0430lf — who h\u0430d 66 rece\u0440tions for 992 y\u0430rds \u0430nd five touchdowns (which would h\u0430ve led the Steelers in c\u0430tches \u0430nd y\u0430rds) — bo\u0430sts three 1,000-y\u0430rds se\u0430sons, the \u0440hysic\u0430lity to excel \u0430nd survive in the \u0430rduous \u0430FC North \u0430nd the s\u0440eed to bre\u0430k g\u0430mes wide o\u0440en.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Steelers got their guy, \u0430nd \u0430fter six fruitful se\u0430sons in Se\u0430ttle, Metc\u0430lf is s\u0430ying good bye, tr\u0430veling cross country \u0430nd to \u0430 new conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DK Metc\u0430lf’s\u00a0tr\u0430de request\u00a0h\u0430s been fulfilled \u0430nd so too h\u0430s his need for \u0430 new contr\u0430ct. 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