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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf could be the next big-name wide receiver to find a new home on the trade market.<\/p>\n
A second-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the 6\u2032-4\u2033, 235-pound freak of nature exploded onto the scene by recording 58 receptions for 900 yards and seven receptions as a rookie. Since then, the perennial 1,000-yard receiver has established himself as one of the league\u2019s better receivers, making two Pro Bowls and serving as the face of Seattle\u2019s passing attack.<\/p>\n
However, this might not save D.K. Metcalf from a trade. According to\u00a0Jason La Canfora of the\u00a0Washington Post, Seattle has received calls for the big-bodied wide receiver and could move him for the right offer. Seeing as they\u2019re currently tied for the\u00a0NFC West lead, the 4-4 Seahawks would probably need a Godfather offer to trade someone as good as Metcalf while they\u2019re fighting for the playoffs.<\/p>\n
However, seeing as he has no guaranteed money on his contract beyond this season, the Seahawks might trade him to a desperate team like the Los Angeles Chargers or Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n
At 4-3, the Los Angeles Chargers are in the thick of the playoff race despite rostering arguably the worst group of wide receivers in football.<\/p>\n
While\u00a0second-round pick Ladd McConkey\u00a0looks like the real deal, the rest of the unit could use some work. The jury is still out on whether\u00a02023 first-round pick Quentin Johnston\u00a0can be a reliable receiver, while a series of late-round picks and unremarkable journeymen comprise the rest of the depth chart. Justin Herbert is playing like a man possessed, but he\u2019ll need more help if he wants to guide this team on a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n
Head coach Jim Harbaugh\u00a0is an old-fashioned mind who wants to win football games in the trenches. However, he\u2019ll struggle to say no to a D.K. Metcalf trade. The former second-round pick\u2019s ability to win downfield makes him a perfect match with Justin Herbert\u2019s rocket arm, and Metcalf has plenty of experience playing in a run-first offense. Paired with\u00a0Russell Wilson and Pete Caroll\u00a0for most of his career, Metcalf shouldn\u2019t throw a fit if the game plan demands a run-heavy attack.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs already addressed the wide receiver position with the\u00a0DeAndre Hopkins trade, but that shouldn\u2019t stop them from continuing to upgrade this position. Hopkins used to be one of the league\u2019s elite receivers, but at this point in his career, he\u2019s nothing more than a solid second or third option in a passing attack. At 26 years old, D.K. Metcalf is still in the prime of his career, and the trade candidate could shatter his career marks in a pass-heavy attack led by a future Hall of Fame quarterback.<\/p>\n
The Hopkins and\u00a0Josh Uche trades\u00a0show Kansas City will keep improving the team despite their undefeated record. In 2019, the Chiefs drafted Mecole Hardman over Metcalf. Now, the time has come to correct that mistake and give Mahomes his first dangerous downfield threat since the Tyreek Hill days. Kansas City\u2019s offense has not been its usual unstoppable self, and Metcalf could fix that while helping this team become the first to win three Super Bowls in as many seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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