Five Seahawks that are must-watch in preseason action
D.K. Metcalf
Did you guess right? Well good. Because anybody who tells you they aren’t excited to watch D.K. Metcalf this fall is lying. Everything about him is intriguing. He runs a 4.33 forty-yard dash. He can jump 40 inches. He has freakishly long arms, massive biceps, and explosive leaping ability. Metcalf is basically a superhero.
Well, at least until you ask him to change directions. Metcalf went to the combine and put up worse agility drill times than Tom Brady which, newsflash, isn’t good. Pete Carroll has been chasing this kind of tall athletic target. From Mike Williams to Sidney Rice, Kris Durham, Chris Matthews, and Jimmy Graham, Carroll is always looking for this game-changer.
We actually got to see a little of what may be Seattle’s gameplan for Metcalf’s rookie season may be. You just have to be willing to watch Superbowl 49. To save you from that, I’ll summarize it for you: run a go route and I’ll hit you. Run a fade and you go up and catch it.
Thankfully, these are two routes Metcalf can run. Other than that, there is a lot of development to be done. But Metcalf won’t be lazy, and his size and speed can absolutely tilt the field to his side. Even if he doesn’t catch the ball, the threat he provides should open things up for other receivers.
If Metcalf can run more than a go route, he becomes the most physically imposing WR in the game. That is the upside here. Metcalf is angry he fell to the last pick of the second. He is hungry to prove you wrong. And the one skill you can bank on, his ability to play the deep ball, also happens to be the greatest strength of one Russell Wilson.
A perfect fit for Metcalf, who will likely be going against second-team corners will be fun to watch. But the work he does against first-team secondaries will be crucial.
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There are literally a dozen other names you can put on this list. Seahawks preseason games can actually be a lot of fun to watch. But don’t forget, as unimportant as the result may be, there is still valuable information to be had.