RENTON, Wash. — There will be no drawn-out DK drama, disrupting the runway to a season already fraught with enough problematic issues for the Seahawks.
On a day when health concerns over safety Jamal Adams darkened the mood, cross the biggest issue off the list: receiver DK Metcalf is in the fold, just two days into training camp. The Seahawks thus have their franchise player, the new face of the organization, the symbolic embodiment of coach Pete Carroll's steadfast insistence in the wake of the Russell Wilson trade that they weren't rebuilding.
Despite repeated assessments from Carroll throughout the offseason that indicated a deal with Metcalf was inevitable, one could still have envisioned a doomsday scenario whereby the sides reached an impasse. Particularly in light of the extravagant contracts suddenly being bestowed upon elite wide receivers, many of them after their original team decided it was too rich for their blood and instigated a trade. See Hill, Tyreek (among others).
