The Seattle Seahawks lost in overtime to the Pittsburgh Steelers largely due to a costly fumble by quarterback Geno Smith in overtime. The team got lucky to even there after wide receiver DK Metcalf made a very risky decision to not run out of bounds to stop the clock, instead fighting for more yards and fumbling with under 15 seconds to go.
Freddie Swain was there to recover the ball in bounds, but the whole sequence screwed the Seahawks out of running any more plays.
Legendary former Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens tight end Shannon Sharpe commented on Metcalf’s mistake and that set off a back-and-forth between the two.
“Stop questioning me lil boy.”
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“Nothing to question. That was ‘DUMB A**’ play and your pride won’t let you admit it. ‘You’ can’t question anything I’ve done. Pray your resume will be as complete as mine, PRAY. Enjoy the rest of your day,” Sharpe tweeted.
The spat ended when Metcalf realized the error of his ways and who Sharpe was a player in the league. He played from 1990 until 2003 and caught 815 passes for 10,060 yards and 62 touchdowns while earning eight trips to the Pro Bowl and winning three Super Bowls. He was named First-Team All-Pro four times and to the All-1990s team.
Head coach Pete Carroll was not happy to hear about that back and forth on social media.
“In general, I don’t know why anybody would want to communicate that way openly. You can always call people and talk to them and work things out a lot more efficiently. We have always tried to discourage our guys from communicating in that fashion. For the most part, guys are really good at it now. Guys used to use Twitter like they were sending a text. They figured it out, and DK has a big awareness. I don’t know how that one went kind of wherever. If you watch DK, you will always see him come around, he will always come around to clear thinking, and he’s a really bright kid.”
Metcalf entered the league as a second-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. He currently has 31 catches for 441 yards and five touchdowns in 2021.
