John Schneider, the general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, provided an update on the team’s efforts to move on from wide receiver DK Metcalf just two days after the former Pro Bowler reportedly requested a trade. Schneider told Seattle Sports 710 that the Seahawks are talking with numerous teams.
“Everything is in a very cordial, professional place,” he said. “Obviously DK has requested a trade, and we are entertaining that. We are talking to a ton of teams, taking offers, seeing what that looks like.”
Per @MikeGarafolo on @PuckSports, Raiders, Packers, and Panthers are in on DK Metcalf
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“The thing to understand here is that our responsibility to [owner] Jody Allen, the 12s – first and foremost – is doing what’s absolutely best for the organization, A, and then B, what’s best for the player. Hopefully, both those things merge, and it’s an ideal situation,” Schneider continued. “Sometimes that happens, sometimes it doesn’t. Hopefully, in this situation, it does, and that would be great.”
He added that the team would be okay if a trade does not get done.
“He’s a guy that understands the business. He’s a businessman himself. I think he understands that we’re going to head down this road,” Schneider said. “He understands that we’re going to do what’s best for the organization, and that if things don’t fall the way he may want, that there’s a good chance he could end up being here. And at that point, we all turn the corner and move forward. So that’s the way it works. Through this whole process, he’s been extremely professional and respectful… But worst-case scenario, we have an amazing, explosive, powerful athlete playing receiver for us again in 2025. So we’ll see where this goes.”
Schneider went on to say that the 2025 NFL Draft from April 24th to April 26th could be a potential deadline for a deal to be made.
“You definitely want to know what’s going on before draft time,” he said. “Because he’s such an important part of our team, the organization, the offensive philosophy that these guys want to move forward with on our new coaching staff, we want to know how we’re going to compensate for his loss if he’s not with us.”
The Seahawks are seeking a first- and third-round pick for WR DK Metcalf, per sources.
Metcalf is also eyeing a new contract worth around $30M per year.
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In the end, though, Schneider praised the sixth-year wideout.
“He’s a great worker, he’s a pro, he shows up all the time, it’s just really important to him. And I get where he’s coming from to a certain extent,” he said. “He’s 27 years old, he has very high expectations for himself, and he should. So there’s no harm, no foul. We’ll get through this.”
A two-time Pro Bowler and a former Second-Team All-Pro, Metcalf was chosen by the Seahawks in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. During his six-year career, Metcalf has played in 97 games for Seattle while recording 438 catches for 6,324 receiving yards and 48 touchdowns.
