It was never really a question of if, but when the Seattle Seahawks would give D.K. Metcalf a lucrative contract extension. There were trade rumors this offseason, as is the case when practically any elite player is entering the final year of his current contract. The scenario of No. 14 being dealt to another team or eventually leaving in free agency never seemed remotely like a real possibility, though.
Today Seattle made it official, extending their star wideout to the tune of a three-year contract worth a total of $72 million. Metcalf makes out with $58.2 million guaranteed, including a $30 million signing bonus – a new high for his position.
Reports about Metcalf’s new deal estimated that he’d be making somewhere in the range of $25 million per year. In the end, that was pretty close. Metcalf’s annual average is just short of that at $24 million – tying Stefon Diggs for the sixth-best among wide receivers.
