Seattle Seahawks WR DK Metcalf Content With His Game Amid Unnecessary Penalties
Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf is a large man and a physical player. Occasionally, that physical style of play draws both ire and flags from officials during games when completely unnecessary penalties can hurt his team.
But Metcalf is who he is, and doesn't see himself changing his ways anytime soon.
Every week, coach Pete Carroll shows the team the most penalized players from the previous game. Metcalf is usually featured prominently, but he doesn't seem fazed.
DK Metcalf is one of the most penalized players in the NFL.
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“It’s just a board to me, I’m not going to change the way I play,” Metcalf said. “If you look at the penalties, there’s a taunting, unnecessary roughness, facemask, holding, and I think it was one more in there. I’m doing pretty good if I look at it and judge myself knowing how I play and just try to be consistent and have clean hands or whatever the case may be, but I’m not going to change who I am as a player or a person.
For Metcalf, he's sticking to the motto of "nobody's perfect."
“Have you had a bad day at work sometimes?” Metcalf said. “All right, that’s all I nail it down to, nobody’s perfect. I’m my own person like I just said I’m a competitive person, I’m not going to shy away because he put a penalty board on the screen. I’m just going to continue to be me.”
Football is a violent game, and there are rules to contain the violence. The NFL wants the unnecessary violence stopped. If Carroll can't reign in his wide receiver, the league ultimately could. And it won't be kind.
