The Seattle Seahawks say they have no plans to trade DK Metcalf. However, other league executives aren’t so sure they are telling the full truth as the franchise heads into a full rebuild.
Metcalf’s name is still “buzzing in league circles” following the Seahawks’ trade of Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
“This is a name that’s buzzing in league circles. No guarantee that anything happens here,” Fowler said Sunday on SportsCenter. “I’m told that Metcalf has gotten indications, informally from the team, that he’s not going to be traded. Seattle has said publicly they have no intention to trade him.
But the execs I talk to keep bringing him up that maybe they would either be willing to move on at the right price or that Metcalf would welcome a change. So, something is going on here; it’s just hard to figure out what. But he’s got one year left on his rookie deal. He would need a new contract as part of a trade. That’s the tricky part.”
Metcalf caught 75 passes for 967 yards last season. Both of those numbers would have led quite a few teams. Believing the Seahawks public proclamations on not trading Metcalf is hard, given that they said the same thing in regards to Russell Wilson and traded him anyway.
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The franchise is in rebuild mode until they actually go out and make a trade for a QB to lead the franchise. If not, there is little reason to have Metcalf on the team at this point.
