Seahawks exploring Metcalf trade with a ‘ton of teams,’ GM says

Basic supervisor John Schneider mentioned Wednesday that the Seattle Seahawks are exploring a number of commerce choices with star receiver DK Metcalf, who requested to be dealt a day earlier.

“All the things is in a really cordial, skilled place,” Schneider instructed Seattle Sports activities 710-AM. “Clearly DK has requested a commerce, and we’re entertaining that. We’re speaking to a ton of groups, taking gives, seeing what that appears like.”

Schneider did not rule out the chance that Metcalf, who’s beneath contract by means of 2025, may play for the Seahawks subsequent season. He made it clear that if the two-time Professional Bowl choice is dealt, it is going to be to the staff that offers Seattle the very best supply and never essentially the place Metcalf desires to go.

“The factor to know right here is that our duty to [owner] Jody Allen, the 12s, before everything is doing what’s completely greatest for the group, A, after which B, what’s greatest for the participant,” Schneider mentioned. “Hopefully each these issues merge and it is a super state of affairs. Typically that occurs, typically it does not. Hopefully on this state of affairs it does, and that will be nice.

“However worst-case situation, we have now an incredible, explosive, highly effective athlete taking part in receiver for us once more in 2025. So we’ll see the place this goes.”

The Seahawks and Metcalf have unsuccessfully mentioned an extension to the receiver’s contract, which has one season and roughly $18 million remaining. Schneider was requested whether or not he is involved about the potential for Metcalf’s perspective changing into an issue if he is compelled to play out the ultimate 12 months of his deal in Seattle.

“No, I feel DK’s an excellent communicator,” Schneider mentioned. “He is a man that understands the enterprise. He is a businessman himself. I feel he understands that we’ll head down this highway. He understands that we’ll do what’s greatest for the group, and that if issues do not fall the best way he might want, that there is a good likelihood he may find yourself being right here.

“And at that time, all of us flip the nook and transfer ahead. In order that’s the best way it really works. By this entire course of, he is been extraordinarily skilled and respectful.”

The Las Vegas Raiders are among the many groups the Seahawks have talked to a few doable Metcalf commerce, a supply instructed ESPN. If Seattle does deal Metcalf, Schneider pointed to the draft as a deadline.

“You positively wish to know what is going on on earlier than draft time,” he mentioned. “As a result of he is such an necessary a part of our staff, the group, the offensive philosophy that these guys wish to transfer ahead with on our new teaching workers, we wish to know the way we’ll compensate for his loss if he isn’t with us.”

Schneider confirmed, as ESPN reported, that the Seahawks have been upset that information of Metcalf’s commerce request was leaked on the identical day they introduced the discharge of fellow receiver Tyler Lockett. The group had deliberate for Wednesday to be a celebration of Lockett’s 10-year run in Seattle.

“Most likely not intentional, however very disillusioned within the timing,” he mentioned. “We wished this to be a really big day. We wished it to be Tyler Lockett day … I felt dangerous for Tyler. The TV’s all about DK as a substitute of Tyler Lockett. It type of correlates along with his entire profession. This man is likely one of the most underrated large receivers in NFL historical past.”

However Schneider was largely complimentary of Metcalf, praising his work ethic in addition to his enterprise acumen.

“He is a fantastic employee, he is a professional, he exhibits up on a regular basis, it is simply actually necessary to him,” Schneider mentioned. “And I get the place he is coming from to a sure extent. He is 27 years outdated, he has very excessive expectations for himself and he ought to. So there isn’t any hurt, no foul. We’ll get by means of this.”

Schneider additionally confirmed that linebacker Ernest Jones IV, the Seahawks’ high free agent, has a cleanup process on his knee after the season, describing it as “not a lot of an enormous deal.” He mentioned Jones has been figuring out on the staff’s facility.

“He is right here preparing,” Schneider mentioned. “We proceed to have conversations along with his representatives, and hopefully we will knock this out fairly quickly.”