Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett was a guest on Richard Sherman’s podcast yesterday.
When Sherman asked Lockett why he and DK Metcalf don’t seem to get as much love as other elite wideouts, Lockett brought up the great Doug Baldwin, who was also criminally underrated in his time.
“Yeah, I really don’t know why, bro. It’s one of those things where ever since I got here, I mean even when you were here, like Doug didn’t get any love, too. You know, and Doug was phenomenal at everything he did, the releases, being able to catch the ball. I don’t know if it’s just kind of a Puget Sound thing out here, that a lot of people don’t get the chance just to be able to watch us, but I mean I’ve kind of come to a place man, where I’ve accepted the fact that the best I might ever be in people’s minds is underrated, and I mean, that’s okay, because it seems like underrated is the most consistent thing they can say…”
Here’s the full episode.