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Reports: Seattle Seahawks trade WR DK Metcalf to Steelers
The Seattle Seahawks have traded star wide receiver DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to multiple reports.
The news comes just two days after it was reported that Seattle traded two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders.
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The Steelers are sending their 2025 second-round pick (No. 52 overall) in exchange for Metcalf. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the teams are also swapping sixth- and seventh-round picks.
Additionally, the Steelers are signing Metcalf to a five-year, $150 million contract, per multiple NFL insiders. The deal, which includes a four-year, $132 million extension added to the one year he had remaining on his contract, is set to be largest in Pittsburgh’s franchise history.
The Seahawks were originally reported as seeking a first- and third-round pick in exchange for Metcalf, but The Athletic’s Diana Russini reported Sunday morning that price tag had dropped to a second-rounder.
Reports surfaced Wednesday that Metcalf had requested a trade out of Seattle. Russini reported that Metcalf was seeking a warm weather climate and a team willing to pay him $30 million per year. Metcalf didn’t get the warm weather destination he was hoping for, but he did get the payday.
Like Smith reuniting with former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll in Vegas, there’s the possibility of a reunion for Metcalf in Pittsburgh with former Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who started 11 games for the Steelers last season. Wilson is set to become a free agent Wednesday but is a candidate to be re-signed.
Metcalf and Wilson notably worked out together last offseason despite not having been teammates since the 2022 season.
It won’t be long until the Seahawks see Metcalf again. Pittsburgh is set to host Seattle during the 2025 regular season.
Metcalf, a second-round pick out of Ole Miss by Seattle in 2019, is a two-time Pro Bowler who had three 1,000-yard seasons during his six years in Seattle. His 438 career receptions rank seventh in franchise history, while his 6,324 receiving yards are sixth and 48 receiving TDs rank fourth. He also holds the franchise record for most receiving yards in a season (1,303 in 2020).
Metcalf had 66 catches for 992 yards and five touchdowns in 15 games last season.
With Metcalf now in Pittsburgh and the realease of veteran Tyler Lockett earlier in the week, the Seahawks are tasked with replacing two of their top three wide receivers this offseason. Second-year pro Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a first-round pick out of Ohio State in 2023, led the team with 100 receptions and 1,130 yards last season to make his first Pro Bowl. The next-highest totals for a returning Seahawks receiver are Jake Bobo’s 17 catches for 107 yards.
Seattle now has five picks in the top 100 of the upcoming NFL Draft, including the second-rounder acquired from the Steelers plus a third-rounder from the Raiders in the Smith trade.
The Seahawks also reportedly re-signed defensive tackle Jarran Reed and linebacker Ernest Jones IV to three-year deals Sunday.
This story will be updated with additional details.
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Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.
CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
Seattle Sports staff made additions to this post.
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