DK, Metcalf. He is in Camp.
He's not practicing, it's not because of the foot injury.
It's because he's negotiating a contract, the Holden. We saw it
work last year for t.j. Watson Pittsburgh. It's the new trend
and that it's a balance.
The team would prefer that he practice,
but it's better than the guy not being there. He's there,
once he's there, it's very hard to leave, he's there, he's in
meetings,
he's around, and we'll work on the contract, and eventually,
he'll be on the field. Old practicing and playing. I mean,
that's the key. I remember we talked about last year, Chris,
with TJ. What
if they don't work out a deal with some point. They got to
say, here's your helmet. Let's get to work, right, but they
got it worked out and I think there's optimism will get it.
Worked out with DK, men. Yeah, it seems like, it seems like we
haven't heard much
- out of there that it's all going in the right direction.
You know,
the thing I'm interested in and D came at Gap, certainly, you
know, for my money, one of the 10 best receivers in football
and I'll but, but
you know what's that number? Where is it?
That's the thing I'm interested to see
is it are we going to broach the Davante Adams, Tyree killed
type a number here with DK Metcalf. You know I certainly
could see that, I don't think that's crazy. Especially for
a guy that younger than both of those guys and has a lot of
football left in front of them.
So what's the sweet spot for some of these
guys that are are waiting for their new contract? That I that
to me is probably what they're struggling over a little bit is
just, where is he going to rank here in these contracts
and what's fair To both sides
fascinating time for receivers because there's so many good
ones coming out every year in the draft. You're not
guaranteed to get one though. For every Debo Samuel d k
Metcalf. There's Anna Kiel Harry floating around, but at
the same time,
you've got some great ones. That teams are willing, not
just to pay but trade for whether it's the Dolphins and
Tyree kill or the Eagles and AJ, brown with the Raiders and
Davante Adams. So it really is a crazy time. But
this is part of, I think the internal push and pull in
Seattle. There may have been a thought by Jon schnepp. Don't
let's just tear it all down Pete. Carroll wants to at least
have something
that they can build around and
it's gonna be fascinating. Chris this year to see if they
take full advantage of DK Metcalf. If they I know who's
the Debo Samuel Playbook or just find other ways to get
the ball in his hands, then,
run down the field and try to get open. They're always as you
said, countless times to get a football and receivers hands
without relying upon him to get open when he's facing double
coverage everywhere. He goes, yeah that's right. I mean they
have not been
Been the most creative of getting DK Medcalf the ball
and I mean again we talked about it. A lot last year. How
many times did we come in here and go man. They only threw
the ball DK
twice on Sunday or
the first three quarters. He never got a ball in his
Direction. Like that's that's Insanity. They can't go down
like that. He's a physical freak. I just I just don't
know. Yes, exactly. How are they going to Value him with
this current status of their football team?
I would think, you know, There was a thought that really they
were going to tear it down there
and Seattle. And I'd heard some people I trusted around
the league that you know that there was a lot of people in
the building that wanted a complete teardown
and that Pete was kind of the one that was like, wait, no
lock it. And LDK, I don't want to tear it down to that extent.
They still give us a fighting chance and I got to think DK
knows that, that gives him a little leverage to
and the fact. So that's where
like what do you think Mike? Just like guesstimate,
you know, what is he going to be the highest-paid receive?
Over in football. Is he going to be more in the DeAndre
Hopkins? 27 million dollars, a year type of number where you
think it all shakes out here
and this gets back to the
constant disconnect between new money. Yeah, I know real value
of signing,
I think. They'll probably polish it up to coming around,
twenty seven, twenty eight million a year. Yeah, right. Or
maybe throw on some like pretty cool, right? Tyree kills, got
a phony ass final year on his contract that pushes the total
average of 30 million.
It's not a 30 million dollar a year deal,
It's three years. 25 million is a practical matter
so I could see him getting something along the lines of
what Tyree kill got with a phony back end. It's maybe just
a little bit better so he can say he's the highest paid
player
at his position in the NFL. But it's combination of how
the deal gets sold versus what the deal really is. And he still
got that one year left on his rookie contract. So to be
an extension on that, I could see a four
or five year extension
that on paper makes him the highest paid player
in.
The NFL at the receiver position but then when we dig
into it will find out what it's really worth. But no way he
deserves it and it looks like they're going to give it to