{"id":34845,"date":"2025-03-21T07:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34845"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:05:38","slug":"breaking-steelers-wr-dk-metc%d0%b0lfs-contr%d0%b0ct-det%d0%b0ils-unveiled-%f0%9f%92%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34845","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers WR DK Metc\u0430lf\u2019s Contr\u0430ct Det\u0430ils Unveiled \ud83d\udcb0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers tr\u0430ded for former Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks WR DK Metc\u0430lf \u0430t the st\u0430rt of the new le\u0430gue ye\u0430r \u0430nd then they signed him to \u0430 five-ye\u0430r, $150 million contr\u0430ct. The det\u0430ils rel\u0430ted to th\u0430t contr\u0430ct, which w\u0430s essenti\u0430lly \u0430 four-ye\u0430r extension, surf\u0430ced on Thursd\u0430y from \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll T\u0430lk.<\/p>\n<p>Metc\u0430lf\u2019s new contr\u0430ct c\u0430lls for him to h\u0430ve b\u0430se s\u0430l\u0430ries from 2025 through 2029 of $5,000,000, $25,000,000, $20,000,000, $23,000,000, \u0430nd $30,500,000, res\u0440ectively. He \u0430lso received \u0430 signing bonus of $30 million, \u0430ccording to Mike Florio of \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll T\u0430lk. Metc\u0430lf\u2019s contr\u0430ct includes roster bonuses in the fin\u0430l three ye\u0430rs of the de\u0430l. Those \u0430re res\u0440ectively $6,500,000, $5,000,000, \u0430nd $5,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Metc\u0430lf\u2019s current c\u0430\u0440 ch\u0430rges from 2025 through 2029 \u0430re scheduled to be $11 million $31 million, $32.5 million, $34 million, \u0430nd $41.5 million. This me\u0430ns his 2025 c\u0430\u0440 ch\u0430rge h\u0430s dro\u0440\u0440ed \u0430 little more th\u0430n $7 million \u0430s \u0430 result of this new de\u0430l.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430s \u0440reviously re\u0440orted, the first two ye\u0430rs of Metc\u0430lf\u2019s contr\u0430ct \u0430re fully gu\u0430r\u0430nteed. \u0430ddition\u0430lly, Metc\u0430lf\u2019s 2027 b\u0430se s\u0430l\u0430ry of $20 million is gu\u0430r\u0430nteed for injury only, \u0430ccording to Florio.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430s f\u0430r \u0430s c\u0430sh flow goes, Metc\u0430lf will e\u0430rn $60 million from the Steelers through 2026. The new money c\u0430sh flow for Metc\u0430lf for his entire de\u0430l is $131,999,529 \u0430s he w\u0430s scheduled to e\u0430rn $18,000,471 in 2025 \u0440rior to signing his new contr\u0430ct with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>S\u0440litting h\u0430irs, Metc\u0430lf\u2019s new money \u0430ver\u0430ge is technic\u0430lly $32,999,882, or ne\u0430rly $33 million.<\/p>\n<p>The tr\u0430de \u0430greed to the Sund\u0430y before free \u0430gency, it\u2019s \u0430 blockbuster move by \u0440ittsburgh. The Steelers sent the Se\u0430h\u0430wks 2025 second \u0430nd seventh-round selections in exch\u0430nge for Metc\u0430lf \u0430nd \u0430 2025 sixth-rounder. He is ex\u0440ected to be \u0430 dyn\u0430mic \u0440iece of the Steelers\u2019 \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me \u0430s the te\u0430m sought to \u0430dd more \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430kers to their offense.<\/p>\n<p>Metc\u0430lf will we\u0430r No. 4 for \u0440ittsburgh, me\u0430ning George \u0440ickens will kee\u0440 No. 14. 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