Seahawks reportedly reduce asking worth for DK Metcalf
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Seattle was initially asking for a first-round decide in any deal involving Metcalf.
The Patriots’ probabilities of touchdown DK Metcalf might have simply elevated, though they nonetheless face at the very least one impediment to signing him.
After initially asking for a first-round decide and a third-round choice for the star huge receiver, the Seahawks have lessened what they need in a doable commerce, The Athletic‘s Dianna Russini reported Sunday. Seattle is now in search of a deal “centered round” a second-round decide, based on Russini.
Nonetheless, Diggs can be in search of a heat climate local weather along with an extension that’s price $30 million per 12 months, Russini added in her report.
Whereas Metcalf has been one of many prime huge receivers within the NFL for fairly a while, the Seahawks’ ask of a first-round decide in return for him appeared a bit wealthy. Within the earlier 5 offseasons, Stefon Diggs, Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, and A.J. Brown are the one huge receivers to be traded for a first-round decide. Adams and Hill had been named first-team All-Professional on a number of events after they have been traded whereas Diggs and Brown have been 26 or youthful on the time of their trades.
Metcalf, 27, has solely been named an All-Professional as soon as, incomes second-team honors in 2020. He’s additionally a two-time Professional Bowler, along with his most up-to-date nod coming in 2023. However he’s coming into the ultimate 12 months of his contract, which is probably going hampering his mark
Clearly, the Patriots don’t match the invoice for what Metcalf needs from a climate standpoint. The Mississippi native made it clear that Massachusetts isn’t a really perfect place for him to name house in an interview on “The Casuals” podcast with Katie Nolan in January.
“It’s not a fascinating place in my view,” Metcalf mentioned when requested if he might envision himself taking part in for the Patriots. “Nice group, although.”
However cash can all the time change somebody’s thoughts, and the Patriots confirmed a willingness to pay for a top-end huge receiver final offseason. They reportedly supplied Brandon Aiyuk a contract price greater than $30 million per 12 months after they tried to land the 49ers huge receiver in a commerce final August.
Whether or not the Patriots are keen to go to these lengths for Metcalf continues to be unknown. However they’ve “kicked the tires” on a doable deal for the Seahawks huge receiver, the Boston Herald reported through the mix.
Despite the fact that the Patriots aren’t a heat climate local weather, that hasn’t stopped some from predicting that Metcalf will wind up in Foxborough, both. NFL Media lead draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah not too long ago mentioned that “everyone within the league thinks DK Metcalf goes to New England.”
Oddsmakers are additionally giving the Patriots a strong likelihood to land Metcalf. New England has the third-best odds (+330) to be the crew Metcalf performs for in 2025, trailing simply Seahawks (+300) and Chargers (+300) on DraftKings Sportsbook.
If the Patriots are nonetheless concerned about a possible commerce for Metcalf, not many groups can supply a greater second-round decide than them. They maintain the thirty eighth general decide within the 2025 NFL Draft, which is the sixth decide of the second spherical. In addition they have all of their second- and third-round picks in every of the following three drafts plus a further third-round decide through the Falcons within the 2025 NFL Draft.
A commerce for Metcalf would immediately give the Patriots the most effective receiver they’ve had in years. He’s recorded at the very least 900 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns in every of his first six seasons within the league. He had 66 receptions for 992 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2024.
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