Three worst mistakes of the Seattle Seahawks 2022 offseason

Mistake 3: Not yet extending DK Metcalf

I know the Seahawks have a history since John Schneider and Pete Carroll came to Seattle in 2010 of not extending players before the final year of their contract. But this has been an offseason different from any other in the Schneider and Carroll era. Seattle traded the best quarterback in franchise history after all. Seattle management clearly made a concerted effort to refocus on making the future better instead of the right-now great.

DK Metcalf is a part of the current team and an important piece of it. But he is also an extremely valuable piece to the future puzzle that if completed correctly could make Seattle a Super Bowl-caliber team again. So instead of doing the normal thing of waiting until the player was closer to the very end of their contract, Seattle should have already worked out an extension with Metcalf.

Metcalf took part in optional OTAs this offseason but chose to skip mandatory minicamp and give notice that he isn’t happy playing without working out an extension. Is this right for a player to do? One could argue it isn’t because that player still has a contract and should adhere to the terms of it.

But NFL players have a very short window in which to earn generational wealth and Metcalf also has a right to want a new deal now to make sure his future is secure. If he gets hurt this season, he could lose millions of dollars.

The Seahawks have a young team with a lot of players just learning how to be NFL players so they are impressionable. They will watch how Metcalf handles himself and how the team handles the contract situation. A simple working out of an extension would be the right thing for Metcalf the player, the future of the team and the mood in the locker room.