DK Metcalf and Shannon Sharpe Discuss their Twitter Beef | Ep. 51 | CLUB SHAY SHAY

I tweeted, "What was DK thinking?" Why. would he try to play a hero in that. situation? You thought that was coming. for you? I was like I thought you were. really coming for me.

Hello, welcome to another edition of. Club Shay Shay. I am your host Shannon. Sharpe. I'm also the proprietor of Club. Shay Shay and the guy that's stopping by. for conversation and a drink today is an. all-pro wide receiver. He's a Pro. Bowler. He recorded over 3,000 yd, 29. touchdowns in his first three seasons. Only Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, A.J. Green, and Odell Beckham Jr. have accomplished. those same numbers over the same time. frame. Uh his mom and dad named him Metcalf. We're going to call him DK. DK Metcalf, what's up, bro? What's up, man? How you. doing? Thank you for stopping by the. club. How you doing, man? I'm doing.

pretty good. You're you're you're out. here in LA, you're training, but you're. also recovering from off-season foot. surgery, correct? Yes, sir. How's the. foot healing? Uh it it went it went real. well. Um you know, I just got cleared to. run a few weeks ago, so I'm I'm. uh progressing in good in that area. Dealing with an injury. Right. You. played all season. Obviously, you had. this it's an old injury that you had in. college. You had some clean up work, but. it was very painful. Um missed a lot of. practice time, but on Sunday 14 showed. up on the field.

How difficult was it for you knowing. you're not 100%, but the fans expect. when they see 14 on the field for him to. produce the numbers that he produced the. year before? Um I mean, I I I look at. myself the same way. If I'm good enough. to be on the field, then I'm I'll be. good enough to perform and still win my. reps and still win, you know, my battle. on Sunday. So, I mean, I looked at it. the same way. I like challenges and you. know, I know, you know, for my team I. wasn't able I was always able to walk. and run and you know, practice, so I was. going you know, play on Sundays.

Yeah, but having that expectation, but. that body knows. I'm not DK. Right. I I'm not the guy. that they saw him. uh running 1033, uh guy that had just become an all-pro. the year before, playing at an elite. level that says, "Okay, this is the next. Megatron." Now, all of a sudden the foot. injury and. you're not. that step where you normally would be. You're not as comfortable getting in and. out of breaks because you know. something's wrong. Right. Body knows.

something's wrong. That's that's good enough for me. I know. I know something's wrong, but I'm still, you know, able to go out there and you. know, perform on Sunday, so. you know, I'm I'm really not, you know, putting that much thought into it. I. didn't think, you know, what if, you. know, somebody else said something cuz I. I know myself. A lot of people going to sit down and. watch this interview and like, "How did. this interview actually happen?" And I'm. not so sure that at the time that we. actually connected that this interview. was going to happen. We going to go. back. I think it was uh in October. You. guys were playing the Steelers. Right.

You're down. You have no timeouts. You catch a pass. Instead of going out of bounds, you turn. up the field try to get some extra. yards. And I think I tweeted, uh "Why did What was DK thinking? Why. would he try to play a hero in that. situation?". Did you read Did someone relay the tweet. to you or did you read it for yourself. after the game? Uh somebody tagged me. and. Somebody tagged you. Somebody tagged me in it and I saw it. and then I was like, "Hey, Shannon Sharpe, you know, he coming at me like that?".

And then like, you know, hindsight. 20/20, no, I'm I can respect it cuz you. know, you're a vet in the game, you. know, you earned your stripes and. and you know, You thought I mean, you thought that it. was coming for you? I was like I thought. you were really coming for me. Uh you. know, being a black man, you know, growing up in the South, played the game. professionally and I'm thinking he knows. what I'm going through right now. I was trying to Well, so here's the. backstory to why I didn't go out of. bounds. He was a low tackler. Okay. So, this that's what the scouting report. said and that's what I seen on film.

So, I thought he was going to try to. tackle me low. The safety was on the. other side of the field. I was going to. hurdle him and run in the end zone. He balled his fists up, so I was like, "Oh, man, I'm messed up now." So, that's. really uh the the, you know, chain of. events that happened. I got on the. plane. Um you know, we went to sleep, landed in Seattle. I slept on it. I was. like, "You know what? I'm tired of holding my tongue. I'm. going to say something.". And then, you know, they we went back and forth for like two. and then I woke up the next day, slept. on it again. I was like, "Yeah, that wasn't that wasn't a DK.

move. That wasn't a move that, you know, I see myself. that I I wanted to, you know, live with. for the rest of my life." And you know, just so happened that. uh you know, after those exchange of. tweets, We saw each other I was down here for. about a week and you know, we saw each. other at the CAA office and you know, squashed everything and Talked it out. Right. And realized that you you. understood where I was coming from. I. understood where you were coming from. Um having played this game, I know it's. an emotional game and so I think that. and a lot of times, DK, when it comes from a player like myself,

played the game, played at a high level, anytime we offer a critique, people. think like we're hating or we're hating. on that player, but I'm just saying in. that situation, I I don't know if that. Well, I know it wasn't the right move. Try to get out of bounds. And so, I just. think the thing in the heat of the. moment, you're like, "Oh, man, this man. questioned my football IQ.". Right, exactly. Yes, that. So, but I I. appreciate you being man enough because. like you said, we we met at the CAA. office. We talked about it. We worked it out and. here we are today. So, I really I really. appreciate that.

Here you are. Drafted in the second round. Yes, sir. You're in the final year of your. contract. You see the wide receiver. market exploding. Your college teammate, best friend, A.J. Brown gets traded, gets 25 million a. year. You see Tyreek Hill gets 30. million a year. Stefon Diggs getting. money. Um Davante. What's going What's going through DK's. mind right now? Uh it's all smiles right. now uh cuz I know, you know, whether. it's this You know, I'm going to get.

paid. Yeah, it's it's it's, you know, just a matter of when, so you know, I. can't can't stress over it. Um can't think about it too much cuz, you know, I'm going to drive myself. crazy, so I've just been enjoying. enjoying this off-season, enjoying life, taking it a day at a time. I know it may. sound cliché, but you know, that's. really how I'm how I'm living right now. Has there been any. contact between your agency and the. Seahawks? Uh I will say uh we going to. we going to get something done. Uh I. think I'm going to be in Seattle uh you. know, for for the next uh coming years. Yes, sir.

When. Russell Now, you say you want to be in. Seattle next couple years. Now, the. money's going to be there, but you are a. receiver. You play a a dependent. position and you need your quarterback. in order for you to put up the numbers. that you want to put up because. you watch these other guys. You see the. numbers that Cooper Kupp and you see all. these other guys. You're like, "Hey, I. need me some of that.". Right. Are you comfortable if Seattle doesn't. necessarily dress the quarterback. position? Are you comfortable being. there four or five years when your.

quarterback is not I mean, you had. Russell Wilson your first three years. A nine-time Pro Bowler guy was in the. MVP conversation, won a Super Bowl, went. to another Super Bowl. It's it's it's. different. It's different. I'm not going to say I'm I'm going to. stress over it, but. you know, I got my I got my chips on. Geno and Drew Lock right now. I I think. Drew Lock was in a situation to where, you know, he was forced to do a lot at a. young age and you know, it the the. environment really didn't suit him the. best and I think him being in Seattle, you know, with Pete in a positive, you.

know, environment is going to you know, help him get his confidence back and uh. Geno last year um you know, with a with. a a shortened uh playbook and you know, not being, you know, out there for with. us with training camp, getting those. first team reps and him stepping in, I. think he did a a pretty good job and so, I'm just excited, you know, you know, for for what the future holds. But when you see all this I mean, I. we've never seen an off-season like this. for wide receivers. I mean, not only the. pay, but the movement. We see A.J. get. traded last night. We see Hollywood. Brown get traded last night. We.

mentioned Davante got traded. Uh Tyreek. got traded. Stefon stayed in his locale. Does that ever cross your mind like, "You know what, man? Yeah, I I want to. be here in Seattle. They drafted me, but. I'mma have to take my show on the road.". Uh of course, everybody thinks about, you know, what if or different. scenarios, but you know, at the end of. the day, once you sit down and make a a. grown man decision, yeah, I want to be. in Seattle. um you know, with whoever is throwing a. uh if they draft Malik Willis tonight, you know, I'mma be satisfied cuz, you. know, I don't have, you know, control of.

who's back there at quarterback. I'm. just going to be out there and winning. my reps on Sunday. But you want to win, right? I mean, the. money's Look, the money's fine. I I I'm. not going to say it but losing's going. to get really old. You can't make enough. money to You go out there and you put. your blood, sweat, and tears because. like you said, you're out here training. now and you put effort everything into. it. We're going to talk about that diet. I don't know if you're putting. everything into it. Eat that Eat that. diet that you're eating. But when you. put so much into it, the more you put into it, the more.

losing hurts. And when you're not getting when you. don't feel you're getting. the winning reciprocates and validates. the hard work you're putting in, it can wear on you, DK. Right. Yes, sir. Well, I haven't lost that much. you know, in my career. I know my first. two years we made the playoffs. Right. Um you know, last year was the. first year you know, that we didn't make. the playoffs and last year did hurt. Um but, you know, I don't I don't Nobody. goes in planning to lose. So, I'm not I'm not about to plan to.

lose or think about losing cuz it's not. in my in my DNA. It's not in my. repertoire, but if it if, you know, it. does happen, then you know, I'll probably say something to Pete and. John that we can make some changes, but. right now I'm not thinking about losing. or don't think we we have a a chance of, you know, not making the playoffs. Seattle's really different. The Seattle, the Legion of Boom, the. Seattle that everybody remembers, the. team that was a threat to go to and win. the Super Bowl every single year. The. last remnants of that has been removed. Right. Uh Bobby Wagner on defense, a.

multiple-time All-Pro, a guy that's. going to go to Canton. Russ um is in. Denver now, a nine-time Pro Bowler, like. I said, a a great quarterback who's all. he known is winning, has more touchdown. passes, more uh uh uh. wins than any quarterback in in in his. first 10 years of starting. than in the history of the game. You. guys are going to be really really. different this year. And now DK is going. to be thrust in a leadership role. Are. you ready to step up and say, "Okay, no. more B-Wag, no more Russ,

I'm the leader here." Yes, sir. Cuz. everything that I know I they taught me, my dad taught me. Uh my agent Joe taught. me like every I got a different, you. know, leadership from every person that. I I hold to a high standard and uh you. know, that I hold to a a special place. in my heart and you know, they all were. great leaders in their own aspect and. their own way. So, I'm just going you. know, continue to just do me. I'm not. going to try to. you know, replicate what Russ and Bobby. did, but you know, I'm going to do it my. way and you know, hopefully the team. follows me. What is DK's way? What what.

type of leader is DK? Are you vocal or. do you get on guys? Do you you try to. pick guys up? Because I think the the. thing of a great leader is DK is that. you have to understand. You understand. the room. Some guys need a kick in the. butt. Right. Some guys need a pat on the back. Some guys like you you got to be funny. with it. Bro, my mom could have called. that one. Right. Yes, sir. What's what's DK's leadership style? we going to see. Cuz right now right now. this is going to be like my first time. being in a leadership role. Like this. position. I'm going to, you know, earn. the respect of my teammates first by. working hard and. Right. you know, doing everything the.

right way and you know, see if they take. the the that way and see if they follow. me and you know, with the ones that need. vocal talking to or you know, pulling to. the side, you know, I'm going to do. that. I'm going. I'm going to be that that big brother. right now for for the uh Seahawks. Early in April, uh Lamar Jackson tweeted. at you and he said, "DK, we got them. guns, but you can slide to be welcome. everyone here with open arms. You. definitely one of them guys as well.". Do you Do guys like being recruited by. other great players around the league?

I don't know cuz I I really trying to be. recruited. I ain't. I'm not looking I'm not looking to be. recruited. You know, if the if the Seahawks trade. me, you know, that's that's one thing. If I'm looking to be traded then that's. another, but you know, I'm not looking right now. Because there are a lot of DK might get. traded. You know, the draft right around. the corner. If anything was to happen. with DK, it's going to be around the. draft. And you tweeted uh DK tweeted, "Haven't heard anything." Per DK. Yeah. Yeah, I ain't heard nothing, man. We can't we can't say nothing.

DK I mean, what. Obviously, Davante situation was. different because he was free. Most all these other guys had years left. on their contract. Obviously, you're in. the last year of your contract. Um. Sports Track who does this thing say. you're worth somewhere around 24 25. million dollars. You're like, "Mhm, now. I'm I'm trying to get I'm young. I'm. trying to get 30." What What's a What's. a Is there a number that's in your mind. that you'll be palatable with and say, "You know what? It's not Tyreek, but I'm okay.".

Cuz at this point we arguing over. millions, some money I've never had. before. So, Right. I know my worth. and I know, you know, the Seahawks not. going. you know, take that away from me or try. to take take my worth down or anything. Right. Uh we in a good place. I'm in a. good place and I know it's not going to. be. anything where I have to worry about. Would you Would you consider. holding out if the contract is not done. before the season starts? I don't see.

that happening. Okay. and if it does, I. know, you know, us and the Seahawks are. going to take, you know, the proper. steps to where you know, it's not going. to be a a big media thing or you know, a. big fiasco up in Seattle. What would be your thoughts? Let's just. say for the sake of arguments since. we're here. You They don't give you the contract and. then they franchise you next year. That stuff That stuff is out of my. control. I can go out there and play on. Sundays and you know, control what. That's the only thing you can control.

Exactly. I can only control uh you know, playing on Sundays. So, I've I've like I. said, man, my agent he put me through a. lot of different scenarios and. Right. prepared me for this offseason to where. I may not get paid this offseason. Right. Which is fine. Like DK, you don't. spend a whole lot of money, DK, cuz you. know, we we got a big show. Financial. wise. Cuz cuz they be cuz they going to. be looking. Seattle be saying, "Oh, man, he bought a new house in the hills. He. got this many cars. He bought his. parents' place in Mississippi." I don't. know. He stretched it to the limit. He. had to sing. Yeah. Oh, they be looking. at the DK. They be looking I I I know.

They be looking. Yes, sir. I'm on a. budget right now. I'm on a budget. Yes, sir. There was I mean, obviously, there was. some rumblings last year about Russ. Um. his agent released a a a list of teams. that Russ would be willing to waive his. no-trade clause to. But Russ says, "No, I'm happy. I'm I'm back.". There was really no I mean, there was. probably cuz Bobby Wagner had a big old. tag. But did you get a sense in the locker. room that Russ and Bobby might not be. back this year? Never thought that a.

damn in my life. I If you would have. told me that during the season, I. probably would have been like, "Man, I'm. I'll bet my game check that they going. to be here next year." Right. And I. mean, it it caught me off guard just. like caught everybody else. I go, "I. knew I would say probably an hour before. the media knew cuz uh you know, the. Seahawks called me and told me. Right. Then Russ called me. Um and with Bobby, the same thing. I knew an hour before uh. the media knew cuz you know, we got a. pretty close rela- relationship and he. told me, but. Right. No, I didn't I didn't see that. happening. What was What is What are some of the.

things that you learned from the way. those guys do business? Cuz like I said, they were they were some of the staples. They were some of the backbones of how. the Seahawks as they came to be known, the Seahawks today. Perennial winners. Always a threat, like. I said, to get to the Super Bowl. They. won it one year, probably should have. won it 2 years in a row. What were some. of the things that you learned from. those guys? With Russ, it's just consistency. Uh he. was always early, worked on his craft, worked on his body. Um With Duane Brown, it's same thing, consistency, worked on. his body every day. And with uh Bobby,

I seen I'm seeing the same thing. They. all just consistent in what they do. They all early. Um they know how to talk. to people. They work well with people. Um they know how to lead the right way. Like anytime something needed to be. said, Bobby or Russ was going to say it. Right. Uh whether it was the elephant in. the room or something just as small as. "Hey, we got to make sure we flush the. toilets or help the janitors clean up. the the uh locker room." Right. Like. it's just small things, big things. Like. they they always just knew exactly what. to say. How.

difficult or how unique is it going to. be I guess is a bit uh uh lack of a. better word seeing Bobby Wagner twice a. year in a Rams uniform? He got to see me. He going to have to see me. Hey. He know. I'm going to I'm going to run straight. into him. Just so he know just so he get. this soon as I catch the ball, I'm. running straight into him the first play. just to see how it feels to get tackled. by B-Wag. You want to see what it feels. like? Oh, yeah, cuz I had to play against I. mean, play with him the first 3 years. and everybody talking about, "Oh, yeah, he a beast. He he hit hard." I want to I.

want to test it out. I don't know if I've ever heard that one. before. Yeah, let me see. What I'm going to do. I'm going to get the ball and I think. I'm going to try to run over Bobby. Wagner. Yeah. Oh, he know. He know. Oh. I sure hope y'all remain friends. after that. after that interaction. Russ, um. you live with Russ, you spend a lot of. time around Russ, you see the way he he. does business. Um.

What is it about Russ. that makes him Russell? He's just different. He's a different. individual to where. he knows he doesn't need you or me. to be successful. Like he going he's. going to be successful, you know, if his life depended on it. Like he wakes up every day and he's. going to work out twice a day. He would wake me up. I'm the one running. the routes. Right. And he just sitting. back there taking the snap and he want. me to come run run routes in the.

morning, go to sleep, work out, eat, then come back and run some more. routes. Right. "Bro, you not the one out. there running, man." He's he's he's a. workhorse. Like he's just going to work. all day every day and he has it set up. to where he doesn't have to leave his. crib for nothing. What is. What is it about Russ? Because, you. know, everybody has this perception of. Russ and normally is we heard Channing. And and and Channing is a good friend of. mine. Um Crowder say Russ is a square.

What is it about Russ? Uh obviously, you. know, he ain't got no he ain't got no tattoos. He ain't got no dreads. He ain't got. none of that. Uh I guess. maybe he's too clean-cut. Maybe he's too perfect. And they be. like, "Man, the way he he got he he just. a square. He He ain't name it all in the. media. He ain't all in the club. He got. him a wife. He got a family. And. all indications, I ain't in the man's household, but they. seem very very happy. Yes. What is it. about Russ.

that people get wrong? Like that's just him. Like people call. it square. Like okay, it's if it's lame. being a square, then I'll be lame, too. Right. Like it's lame that you treat your wife. good and you know, that y'all seem happy. and y'all genuinely happy for each. other. Right. Cool. I want to be that. way, too. Like he's just. he's too good and too perfect that. people can't see their life like that. And so now they want to hate on him. Right. But like that's that's just Russ. Like I I can't say, you know, what he. does or you know, you know, how he does it, but that's.

just that's just him. Like the first. from the first day I met him to today, if I talk to him later on, he's going to. he's going to be the same way. He's been. the same way for 3 years. Do you think. any of that. auxiliary noise, the outside noise. talking about how he is or how they. think he is as a person, do you think. that bothers him? Uh I mean, that's not. for, you know, me to say. Um but, you. know, that's the outside world talking. and that's that's their job to speculate. and it's his job just to, you know, continue to live his life the way the. way he living.

Would you be open to. play with Colin Kaepernick? I mean, there's a lot Now, all of a sudden like. every time Oh, there seems to be a buzz. swirling around Colin Kaepernick getting. another opportunity. Oh, Kap, he's. working out. He He worked out with Tyler. Lockett. I don't know if you were there. or not, but he's been throwing a lot. It. seems like he's a uh He's like an act. He's like Lil Baby or uh Lil Durk or. something. He He's on tour. He's He's in San. Francisco. He's in Seattle. He's in. Atlanta. He's just going all over the. place. Would you be open to um you know, Kap. having Kap in your locker room? Coach,

I'mma tell you. if they brought him in, like I I have no. say so. Right. And I'mma have to, you know, play with. him and uh. you know, get get along with him. Do you Do you think he'll get another. shot? Do you think he deserves another. shot? Oh, 100%. Everybody deserves a. second chance at, you know, anything. that they do in my opinion. So, When. people tell me people tell me that when. I say that yeah, he deserves a second. chance, I say a second chance for what? What did he do that was wrong? Exactly, nothing. He So, he just He just.

deserves that opportunity. Somebody Do. you believe he'll get that opportunity? Somebody Somebody's going to take a. chance and give him another opportunity. After 6 years? After 6 years. Wow. Baker Mayfield. I you I don't know how well you know. him, but it was reported that Carolina. might be interested in signing Baker. Mayfield. One of their receivers, Robbie. Anderson I think it's Robbie. Yeah, Robbie Anderson. And capital N like. eight Os.

No. Are you surprised? Or would that Is that. something that you would do? Let's just. say I mean, you might not even like the. guy. I'm not saying that you that he. dislikes Robbie, but I'm saying you. might not even like the guy. And your. team was thinking about signing you. Do you just like hey, that's them. Or. how how would you handle a situation. like that? I would handle it and I've. never met the person or if I have and. you know, we have a a bad outgoing or. bad uh you know, um interaction.

Mhm. I mean, it's like I said, a second. chance uh you know, at everything. So, if if I've never met the person and you. know, everybody's talking bad about him. or the media's talking bad about him. I. can't go off that cuz I've never met. him. And his reaction with me may be. totally different than, you know, his. interaction with everybody else. So, I. only judge a man just by, you know, how. he. how he treats me. So, that's that's all. I go by. Upbringing, Oxford, Mississippi. You're. the oldest of six.

What's there to do in Oxford, Mississippi besides go to Ole Miss? Nothing. Work out. Work out, go to school. There's a bonfire every now and again, but that's about it. I didn't I didn't. do nothing growing up. I didn't party. I I went to one party in high school. See, that's how I was in college. Did. What did you What did you want to be. when you were growing up? I wanted to be a chef. I wanted to cook. Um I always. Can you cook? Come on now. Is No, no, no, no, no, no, no. See, there you go. Is water wet? Okay. Okay.

What can you cook? What do you cook? I like making pastas. So, like Marsala Okay. Alfredo sauce. I. like, you know, everybody know I make. spaghetti. Now, that Well, I don't know, but No, no, everybody do not Everybody. do not know how to make spaghetti. I do. not. Southern comfort. I do not. I I I. got little breakfast. I do little. pancakes and French toast, grab some. bacon, Oh, that's good enough. take some. oatmeal. But, once once you go past. that, you lost me. No, I like southern. food, fried fish, fried catfish. Okay.

You cook like that? ribs, steak. I mean, I'll be too lazy during the. season. Okay, let Okay, let Okay, check. this out. You got this nice lady, you. meet this lady. and uh you know, she's going to come. over. You cooking, what's your go-to dish? What's your go-to dish? Oh, Alfredo. Shrimp Alfredo. Shrimp Alfredo? Yeah. She ain't never had my shrimp Alfredo. Yo, you you YOU THAT BAD BRAGGING LIKE. THAT? COACH, I'MMA TELL YOU NOW, it'll keep them coming back. It'll keep. them coming back? It'll keep them coming. back. Nice bottle of wine? Coach, Caymus or or.

what's that I got I got something in the. corner that ain't too many people got. So, I pop that open. So, you just talked about some Caymus, maybe some Silver Oak, Opus One? Opus. One, like. I know how I know how to throw it down. I know how to throw it down. You trying to get You trying to get bad. dates out of angle. They're not going to. leave out of that. Your father played Obviously, he played. offensive line. Um. how how was it having a father play in. the NFL? And because when you have a uh.

like my brother played. everybody's going to compare me to him. because we played very similar. positions. Right. Obviously, your father. was an offensive lineman, doesn't play. your position, but the expectation is. your father went to the NFL. DK is. supposed to be there. Right. I mean, growing up everybody called me. Terrence Metcalf. So, that was something that that I didn't. like. Like Did they call you DK? They call you. Terrence? They call me Terrence's son. cuz he was an All-American there like. Right. He He was the real deal in in uh. college. So, I was like all right, I'mma.

work hard to where people going to start. calling you DK Metcalf. Right. And I've. I've got to that point now, but uh you. know, like you said, the expectation was. always the same. I was supposed to, you. know, make it to the league. He taught. me so much, just put me around the right. people. Mhm. Um he taught me like how to. even talk uh in to the media Right. when I was 12 years old. Uh just so I. wouldn't, you know, mess anything up or. mess myself up. So, I mean, just hats. off to just the type of man that he was. and the type of man that he is in my. life. Did Did you watch Did you see your.

father play? Yes, sir. Do you remember? Oh, I held the NFC Championship trophy. in '06 when they beat the Saints Right. in Soldier Field. Uh went to the Super. Bowl uh So, you were in the locker room? Oh, yeah. You hanging around? Oh, I was. in the mix. I was. Yeah, I was around. Did you know then instead of being a. chef Okay, you wanted to be a chef early. on, but being around your father and. being in the locker room and being. around that environment, you like nah, this is what I want to do. I was just being a kid Right. around his around his dad. Like me. thinking about it now, I never like.

thought about what I wanted to do until. I got asked in high school, what do you. want to be? Like. my ninth grade year, I got my first. offer and I was like, oh, you My parents. ain't got to pay for college? Oh, okay, bet. Yeah, we going We going to do that. then. We going to go to college for free. and we going to bank on football. And if. football don't work out, then I'm going. to go be a chef. So, you mentioned that. that uh Well, that '06 team Devin. Hester, Urlacher, Spice Adams. Um I. remember, you know, uh Ed McCaffrey was. a former teammate of mine and his son,

Christian McCaffrey, was right He was He. was He was lot smaller than younger than. you were. You're 24 now, so. 2006. Oh, no, y'all about No, he was. about He was about two. You were about. six or seven back then. Um. your siblings. How many brothers you have? Six of you. guys. sir. You're the oldest. And then it's. three girls right behind me. And the. last two are boys. So, I didn't have a. brother until I moved back to. Mississippi in 2012. Right. And that was tough for me. Um but it was.

just me, my mom, and my three sisters at. the house Right. uh in Chicago. And I. basically raised. all of them. Help help my mama raise all. my sisters. And that's where I got like. the love for for kids from. And that's. why I'm so good with kids cuz, you know, I was around them my whole life. Yeah, you have a very close relationship with. your sisters. Oh, yes, sir, for sure. One of them is like my The one directly. behind me is that's my That's how I am. with my sisters. Uh there's only three. of us and I have a very close relation. But, it's funny for me is that my sister.

and brother, we don't have a typical. brother-sister relationship. My sister. is more like my mom. She's eight years. older than me. My brother is more like. my dad. He's only three years older than. me. But, it was us. Yes. And that was that kind of like all. we had. Mhm. Our our relationships and. our our, you know, the way we act and uh. is like my dad my dad's side of the. family. Like all of us have a aunt that. we can compare ourselves to. Right. It's so many personalities in the house. Do you wish you had a brother? I mean, somebody like man, to toss the football,

play basketball, boy, somebody to beat. up. You can't beat your sisters up, brother. But, brothers Oh, no. Baldy head. My No, my sister, she was. out there throwing the ball with me and. hooping with me and Oh, yeah. I say that's my that's my that's my. twin. That's That's your dog. Yes, sir. So, what Your dad is an. offensive lineman. I almost was afraid. to ask this question cuz he couldn't. have been that fat as an offensive. lineman. Where do you get the speed. from? My. My dad is fast. My dad was on the track. team in in in high school. Yeah, see that That was the 200 That was. the 220-lb dad.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was He was a lot lot smaller, but he. was he was pretty He was pretty fast, but I get like my athletic side from. from him. And uh I would say he split it. 50/50 cuz my mom was a little hooper in. in high school. When did you start Did. you always run track? You was always the. three, football, basketball, track? Or. did you play baseball? You play any. other sports? I wanted to play baseball. bad, but my my parents didn't let me cuz. they said I I already had enough sports. Right. So, So, it was football, basketball, and track. What was your. best sport in high school? In high.

school, football. Football. Football. Um The one I loved the most, basketball. Basketball. Basketball, yeah. So, basically, track was to get speed for. for football. Exactly. and basketball was condition for track. Track Track was for the track meets. That was it. That was it. I hated. practice. Yeah, yeah, all that running. Yeah. So, what did you run? What What. were your events? I did the 110 hurdles, triple jump, 4 by 1, and 4 by 2. Okay. Triple jump, what's your best triple? 49. and a half. Okay. Okay, not bad. Not.

bad. Did So, did you win the state? No, sir. I got second, lost in the last. jump. Oh, man. What about the hurdles? I got third. I never won I never won my individual. events. Come on, DK. I know I'm tripping. Man, I Mississippi ain't known for no no. no runners like that. And here you are. running you ran 1033. Come on, hold on. Ain't known for no runners? Yeah, ain't. known for no runners. Who y'all got out. there that fast? Everybody. Yeah, yeah. We just don't get. no We just DON'T GET COVERAGE.

YOU KNOW, we got like okay, we got like. Sam Graddy was an Olympian. Uh Melvin. Latney went to the Olympics. Stanley. Floyd. You know, we got guys that could. like really really go. I mean, we got. guys that could really like really. really go. Yeah, we ain't having them. We had. Trayvon Kamines. And. Okay, yeah. Uh uh Shelby McKinnon. He He. high jumped. And that was that was it. What made you want to try for the. Olympic trials? You ran You did You. didn't qualify. You ran 1037. But you. talking about but I mean, that's at 225.

230 lbs and you had only been training. for what like 2 months? Yes, sir. And I. I only did starts then run anything over. 80 m. Um. No, that 240. That was the head That was. the heaviest I've ever been in my life. What? At that at that track meet. If I. said okay, DK, I'm going to give you 1. year. How low do you think you can go in the. 100? 1 year of training? 1 year of training. I'll go I'll go nine. What? I'll go I'll RUN A NINE. HOLD UP, DK, DO YOU realize Hold up, do.

you realize what 1037 is to 999? Do you know what that is? You could not run Tyreek? I'm not going to stop shaking my head. HOLD ON. HOLD ON, TYBA. HOLD ON. HOLD. ON. HOLD ON. The uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh. uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh. uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh. uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh. uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh. You DK Metcalf is sitting here today in. Club Shay Shay telling me he could. outrun Tyreek Hill. I'm talking about. Tyreek Ree Cheetah. The one that was. Kansas City now he's in Miami. That was.

number 10. You can give him 10 more nicknames. It's still going to be the same person. to me. Hey. I I. I'm just saying I got a different type. of speed. That's just I got a DK speed. Just like a cheetah? You got cheetah. speed? Yeah. Yeah. I got DK speed and. that's just me. I I. See, you That's cool of you. I MEAN, I I'M SAYING I MEAN I DID I MEAN. I SAW YOU RUN I MEAN I saw you run a um. Buddha Baker down. That was very. impressive. That wasn't even my top.

speed. I started tiptoeing. Cuz I wasn't trying to let him hear my. feet. I I I. I mean, you did reach a top speed of. 22.67. 22.64. 40. I mean, you you only ran 433 in the 40. now, DK. I mean, that's that's that's. fast for your size. Ree, what's up? And I popped straight up. This thing if you you're giving me a. year to work on my technique. Yeah. And to slim down. That was 240. Yeah.

Yeah, you You have You damn near be 210. If if Imagine if I dropped down to 220. at least. I don't know. 220 that's still a lot of. mass to move. But I ain't I've been. carrying around 240 moving that. Right. You putting 220 on me now? So, drop down. 20 lbs. And get my technique right. Ree, you heard this man. Ree, I need you. got You going to have when this is. released you will have 48 hours to. respond to this man. This man said he. could outrun you. I gave you like six. nicknames. He said you don't care how.

many nicknames I give you you still. cannot run him. Just putting that out there, Tyreek. You mentioned your dad Terrace went to. Ole Miss. Did you feel a sense of. obligation to go to Ole Miss or did was. You like man man Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia or was it Ole Miss or nothing? Nah. I wanted to go to Miami. I wanted. to be a Hurricane. Right. What happened? I sent the recruiting dude a Twitter. Twitter DM. Right. I was like look,

y'all got the best chance of getting me. if y'all just offer me and recruit me. He said uh. No, you've been committed to Ole Miss. since ninth grade. This is like my. junior year of of high school. You're. right. I'm like no, like just offer me. and recruit me and I will come to Miami. And they still didn't give me a chance. I was about to go to Cal. um you know, for a little minute. Right. Um I didn't like Alabama. Why you didn't. like Alabama? They were too cocky to me. And I wanted to beat Alabama. And You don't think they had a right to. be cocky with all the Oh, yeah, for. sure. They they definitely did. But you. know, I just I wanted to I wanted to.

beat Alabama. Yeah. Mhm. Never beat them. You didn't. Oh, no. They laid it on us. They rolled y'all? Yeah, they laid it on. us. You played against AJ. in high school? Mhm. Were y'all friendly? Did you know him or. did you know, we just went to rival You. just went to rival high schools? No, we. just went to rival high schools. Like he. went to Starkville, I went to Oxford. So, that's like Mississippi State and. Ole Miss. So, they just called it the. little Egg Bowl and made it a big. rivalry. Who won that game? I was two. and one against AJ.

I played him 3 years. Yeah, two and one. Did Did you guys like okay, who. committed first to Ole Miss? Me. AJ committed on national signing day. I. committed in ninth grade. Right. Well, see the guy from Miami was right. You had committed. I told him though. Like that's my word. If he don't take my. word then I can't. I can't do nothing about that. Ole Miss, you committed to Ole Miss but. you wanted Miami. Did you Did you visit. anywhere else other than Ole Miss and. Alabama? Uh Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn,

went to Cal. You didn't like Auburn? No, Auburn was uh. good to me. I just didn't like Under Armour. At the at the time. Right. At the time at the time, please. Yeah, he You were Under Armour guy now. Yes, sir. That's why. That's why I say that. You um. playing in the SEC. Obviously, it's the. preeminent conference in all of When it. comes to football it's like NFL SEC. And. you saw Georgia have five defensive. players go. You know, Alabama had one.

and LSU and Texas A&M uh Mississippi. State, Florida. What's it like. playing in the SEC. every single week even though it might. be a bottom tier team. They got some. first round picks on that roster. Exactly. Hold on. Big shout out to. Charles Cross, Mississippi State. Now he. a Seahawk. Uh uh. but playing in the SEC yes it it is a. challenge every week cuz. especially our division with Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Vander.

Vanderbilts on that side. But we have. Mississippi State, A&M, us. Like that's. like a gauntlet of teams that is going. to have them dogs every week on it. Um I. think it it definitely gets you NFL uh. gets you ready for the NFL. Did you watch the draft last night? Uh. bits and pieces. Did it bring back memories? Does it like. man, just a couple years ago I was I was. I was. I was there. I was going through this. process. Brought back a lot of memories. What. what would what was what was your draft. process like? Okay, you you come out.

here you're working out you're training. I don't know if you went to Florida you. came out here went somewhere. But. obviously you're going through. uh Arizona a lot of people go to Arizona. and train and you get. sports specific. We going to train 40. We going to train short shuttle. Three. cones. We going to do vertical. We going. to do all the Everything is about the. combine. So, what's what's what's your thought. process? Is there a Is there a weight? Man, I need to weigh this much. I need. to be able to run this time. I need to. be able to jump this high. What's going. through DK's mind as he's leading up to.

the draft? Um of course I'm I'm thinking about my. numbers and uh you know, for the. combine. Right. Um so, I I definitely. had to drop a little weight. Um and then. I just had to run fast cuz teams were. questioning my speed. Right. Was I Was I. really fast enough? And so, after I did. that then like my draft process after. the combine was just like. a weight lifted off my shoulders. Like. all right, I knew I was going I was. going to probably going to be selected. day one. Right. I ended up going to the. draft and didn't get selected on day one. and drove back to Mississippi just mad.

at everybody. Were you Were you surprised? That I. didn't go day one? Uh yes, I was I was a. little surprised. Uh but after like pick. 17, you know, that doubt started to. creep in. And then you know, after I. didn't get chosen a lot of doubt creep. crept in like am I really good enough to. play in the NFL? And then uh. go back home on day two the the Seahawks. select me and. all of that doubt all of the worry left. my left my uh head. I'm looking at you. You looking at all. the little receivers. Hollywood Brown,

N'Keal Harry, Deebo, AJ, Mecole, JJ. Arcega-Whiteside, Parris Campbell, Andy. Isabella. Andy Isabella? Yep. Parris. Campbell? YEP. WHITESIDE? HOLD ON. DIDN'T THEY JUST MOVE HIM TO. TIGHT END? I don't I don't keep up with them. moved him to tight end. You don't keep. up with them? Yeah, I keep up with all them jokers. that went before me. I just I just knew. their names. I know their names. And they went before you. Yes, sir. So, you hardly you like because. obviously you saw these guys at the. combine. I don't know if you kept up. with any of them during the regular.

season. But I'm saying you saw them at. the combine and you like. Did you go to Did you go to senior bowl? No, sir. Oh, see. No, I trained with I. trained with AJ It was me, AJ, Deebo, Parris Campbell, N'Keal Harry all in the. same facility. Yeah, so you should have I because I'm. looking I went to the a lot of the bowl. games. Um I went to the East-West Shrine. used to be out here in Palo Alto. And. then I saw them at the combine and and. I'm like. You not better than me. You not better. than me. You not better than me. And. them jokers I've seen them jokers coming. off the board. I'M LIKE HOLD ON, WAIT A.

MINUTE. HE NOT better What What do they. see in them that I didn't show? That's That's That just goes back to. inside of my control. Like I was I I. showed up at the combine. I did my work. Right. Uh did my interviews. Right. And. at the end of the day I did my job. Right. It's up to the other teams to you. know, decide who they going to pick. What made you decide to go into the. interview against Seattle with your. shirt off? So, the the guy. um. They had a head scout. And you know, at. the combine we got groups and then the.

scouts are the head of the group. I had. the Seattle scout as the head of my. group. He was like hey, just go into your. uh the. interview interview with your shirt off. I was like are you serious? He said yeah, Pete's going to love it. That's all he talks about." I'm like, "All right, bet. I'll do it." I'm going. to know my shirt off. At the car you were you were you're 6'4". 235 lb. I played my whole career at less than. two at 230 228. I'm a tight end. You're a wide receiver.

How? I mean, what I mean, you and. Megatron when you see these guys your. size, Julio, uh Brandon Marshall, these. uh even Fitz, guys that are 6'3" 6'4". 230 240 of Megatron had to be 240. running like that. When you see the when you see a. defensive back and you're like bro. you got no chance. What do you What's your mindset? Cuz. when I ran a route. I didn't just run that route. I'm trying. to set him up for something down the.

line. Exactly. So, everything I do is about setting you. up for something. All I'm doing is I'm. just ch- I'm just just leaving. breadcrumbs because I know sooner or. later I'm going to I'm going to I'm. going to get the big one. Exactly. That's Tyler taught me that actually my. my uh rookie year. He was like, "Oh, I. just set him up with one release the. whole game and then come back and so to. set him up for the big play." Right. I'm. like. "Dude, that is that's smart.". Yeah. "All right, I'm going to add that to my. my repertoire." So, I come off the ball. hard every every play and try to bully.

you. Right. Try to bully you. Try to get you in that. aggressive mindset to where. when it's time for me to be a finesse. receiver or for me to you know Then when. you when you see him sitting heavy then. you Exactly. Now, I go I go by him. So, it's it's all about mind games. I read you was on uh. Kevin Garnett's podcast. And. your diet. One cup of coffee, two cups of coffee? Just one. One cup of coffee. Three to.

four bags of candy. And one meal. Is that true? I don't I don't have time to lie. Hold on. All right. So, you Okay. You wake up in. the morning. You wake up in the morning. You get a cup of coffee. Right. Okay. Are you eating anything with that cup of. coffee? Are you eating grits, eggs, oatmeal, bacon, pancakes? What What's. with the cup of coffee? Just a cup of. coffee? Yeah, just a little latte. A a large latte. Large latte. Okay. So, then um you go work out? No, I've.

already worked out. You've already worked out. So, you work. So, you worked out fasting. You do. fasting workout. Yeah. Okay. Come on, get your la- latte, sit down, watch a little TV, maybe you. catching up on Snowfall something like. that. I I you know, Ozark. You watch a. little TV. You eat again. So, what time. you work out? I wake up at 6:00, work. out at 7:00 to on All right. So, a. normal Monday looks like I wake up at. 6:00 work out at 7:00 till like 8:30, drive like 30 minutes, work out again. from like 9:00 to 10:00. Hold on. Hold.

on. You wake up you work out at from. 7:00 to 8:30? Uh yes, sir. What What do. you So, what's that workout entail? This is my uh physical therapy. So, so. it's Oh, okay. You you see That's PT. That's PT. Just put your foot Okay. Then. you drive 30 Do you eat anything? No. Then I drive 30 minutes and then I upper. body lift. Yeah, see that that's that's your. problem. You're not you're not. efficient. You ain't fueling yourself. Well, man, I don't care what type of car. you got. You got to put it gas in it. I'm not a car. Yes, you are. I'm an.

alien. Well, see, just think of how big of an. alien How were you more freaky of an. alien? can't I I've been doing this since I was. like almost in college. Here's the thing. Sometimes people can do the wrong thing. for an extremely long period of time. Right. I got I understand that. Well, I. mean, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. You don't think it's broke? What if you tried it? See, that's the. that's the thing about training. You. have to be willing to go outside. sometimes do something different to see.

What would it hurt to see if I ate so. Just say 500 calories. It don't last long with me. Like. I know that's what I'm saying. You're. not fueling your body enough. As much. muscle as you have, you got to fuel it. I ain't s- I. What a word is. I ain't missed a game in the league yet. So, this is what I'm banking on. I No, it's not about that. I believe you could. be more efficient. I believe you could. be better. I do believe I believe I believe that. you went and saw with a nutritionist. got your work done, your your body your.

your you know, your blood work done. what you should eat, how much of it. should you eat you should eat. I believe. DK, I believe you could take your game. to the next level. I mean, you got to. think about it now. The elites of the. elites and you are. But if you want to. get to that that that. that LeBron that that upper stratosphere. you got to you got to do it different. Just cuz you said that I'm going to show. you how to do it my way. Who, me? I'm I'm No, no, no. I'm going to do it. my way and then Okay. I'm going to.

reach. Okay. All right. I I'm just. uh. I've clearly I'm stubborn. My bad. Clearly Clearly you're a foodie. A junk. foodie. Ain't no foodie. You're a junk. foodie. Desserts, candy. What's your favorite dessert? On the spot right now, cheesecake. probably. I'm tasting cheesecake. Yeah, cheesecake. What's your favorite food?

You like Do you like pasta? But if your. mom if your mom said you said, "Mom, I'm. coming home." What's your mom going to. cook for you? She's going to make some fried chicken, sweet potatoes cornbread, greens, macaroni. Crawfish, you like crawfish? Had some 2. days ago. You say crawfish is a top five seafood. Well, I'm allergic to shellfish, so I I. I'm going to take your word for it. What. is it about crawfish?

You like shrimp? You like crawfish. better than shrimp? Yeah. You like. crawfish better than lobster? Yeah. Scallops, oysters? Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. Calamari? Calamari. See, you eat calamari with. ranch? No, only not. I don't want nothing I. don't want nothing on my calamari. Just just just calamari. We got to talk. about that. Man, I don't WANT TO HEAR. THAT IS A CRIME IN ITSELF. YOU eat. calamari with ranch? Got to. Got to have ranch. No, I don't. have anything on it. Calamari, yeah. Crawfish, no. Yeah, crawfish better than calamari.

Do you know how to cook crawfish? Or you. got I mean, is there is there a place in. Se-. What I mean, I know I know I know about. the market the the fish market. But are. they like. Obviously you got the best seafood. You. got the the best sea- You got. You got to laugh go above you. So, you. got the best the best and freshest. seafood coming in daily. Are there some. great eateries in Seattle um that isn't. seafood based? Do y'all got like soul food.

Oh, yeah. It is one soul food spot up. there that I I love. It's called Simply. Soulful. Uh-huh. I love going there. And then oh, everybody talks about the. food in Seattle. Seafood has got to has got to be the. best seafood. Cuz it's fresh. I mean, it's like they just pulled it out of the. water. I eat sushi yeah, almost every day when. I'm up there. Yeah. Oh, you're a sushi. guy, huh? Yes, sir. Hold on. I see. you're a fan of lemon cookies. Yeah. The lemon Oreos banging. I'd rather have. the lemon Oreos than the regular.

Don't say that to. I don't know about that one. Yeah, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. See, here's. the thing. Maybe it's because I. my mom worked at the biscuit company for. 30 years. Okay. Uh and so. Oreos Chips Ahoy. uh Fig Newtons. Ritz crackers. we ate so much of them. And and so now they came out with the. you know, they come out with uh red. velvet, they come out with birthday. cake, they come out with so many. different carrot cakes, so many. different flavors. I said, "Man, let me.

jump on these uh. these lemon ones.". Ain't been back. Ain't been back. You have the Jackson's lemon cookies? No. You ain't never had I don't think. so. No. They like they like that big. I. see No, I see you. They they that's too big. I I can't. Let's just say you're going out to a. restaurant. What's DK going to order and. then what's going to be his dessert? I. got to look at the dessert menu first to. see.

how good the restaurant is. Right. You like key lime, you like tiramisu, you like crème brûlée? I got to the chocolate lava cakes. These. restaurants be having. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh little vanilla ice cream on the side. That's where it be at. Um but I I'm not. a steak person. I don't like I don't. like steak like that. steak like that. Um I don't like steak. So, I'm probably going to get like a. little like I went to Katana with my. grandma the other night. Got the little. popcorn shrimp for the for the app. Then. I ordered the hammer roll and.

four orders of salmon nigiri. Okay. You know, I'm I'm trying to get in. this cuz everybody say, "Man, I I ain't. never had sushi." Yeah. Um. uh and normally but I I I had it once, but it was a made with Kobe. It wrapped. around through the rice. And but I ended up taking the the. avocado out the middle. So, basically. it's rice and meat. Right. Give me a good I'm allergic Keep in mind. I'm allergic to shellfish. Give me a. good roll that I can eat. I can't eat no tuna. All I eat is shrimp. I eat shrimp I.

shrimp tempura rolls. What about the tuna roll? Oh, the I'll give you salmon. So, just. get salmon. They just put it over over. rice. And you get you you like spice? Not really. You can get ask for some. teriyaki sauce and soy sauce. Dip it in. it got a little sweetness to it to where. it'll knock taste out a little taste. All right. I'm I'm I'm I'm going to try it. You're a workout warrior. Um. You got your own gym? No, sir.

What do you like training? You go into a. DK goes into the gym. What's he. training? Whatever that I'm really not like big in. specifics like that. I just like. You like a all over body you like a. total body. Yeah, I like killing myself. You bench you a big bencher? Yeah, I like bench. Yeah. Yes, see you got you like them show me. like the beach muscles. I like bench. Curl it too you be curling up a storm. No, I'm not a curler. You don't do no. curl? I really don't like curling. Right. Yeah, I like No, but you said it I like. benching though.

Now that you're going to be the leader. you know, obviously there's rookies when. the rookies come in they have to do. things sometimes they have to bring you. you know, breakfast they bring you lunch. you're traveling hey, make sure you get. this chicken to the plane yada yada. yada. Now that you're going to be the. leader. what is some of the things that DK is. going to have the rookies do? Obviously. they're saying they you know, come to. training camp and they're saying the. fight song a lot of time. if you don't want to if you don't want. to sing more than once don't sing your. fight song. Sing something ladies and.

great I mean I don't care what it is. Drake Lil Durk Lil Baby I don't care who. it is but you're not don't sing the. fight song cuz we going to have you. singing it every day because we don't. want to hear no fight song. We don't. care nothing about hail to the victor or. or whatever it is. We don't want to hear. that. I'm going to have. No, see I'm not I'm not a person like. that. I'm not I'm not a They just got to. have the food for the for the weight. room. Have have the Popeyes on the weight. room. I remember those days. And make. sure the snacks in the in the receiver.

room. Make sure the refrigerator. got got drinks in it. Do you all make. them have bring breakfast sandwiches? No, mhm. You're not a breakfast you're not a. person you're not. You don't have to bring no gummy bears? No. They have they they have they got to. make sure the snack. basket is full. Well, obviously but. here's the thing DK obviously now all. cuz I've been to a lot of these. facilities now they got full-time chefs. I'm talking about chef chefs. Yeah. And they like whatever you want. I'm like damn I got to leave too early. But because they cook breakfast.

they cook breakfast they cook lunch and. they cook you dinner. Yeah, Seattle they they treat you real. well. And you eating hold on and you. eating Twizzlers and Jolly Ranchers and. gummy worms? I don't I'm not a. I will say during the season I I'll eat. a sandwich. For breakfast. A sandwich? They they. they make me a croissant sandwich every. morning or burrito. That's about it. like breakfast burritos. Yeah, that's about it. Don't you think don't you think that's a.

I mean. you got a diet like a 10-year-old. You do realize you're a grown ASS MAN, RIGHT? I MEAN IF SOMEBODY TOLD I MEAN IF I CAME. OVER YOUR HOUSE AND I SAW this candy up. like with oh, this dude got like four. five kids. Oh, they're kidding. No, but I'm trying to I'm I will say I'm. I'm going to change up my diet a little. bit. I change it up. Are you a trash talker on the field? If they do if they start it then yes. No, you got to start it. No.

Oh, I let my. So you just like so you just like to. mind your business. Mind my business let. my play do my talking and if I push you. too hard and you tell me about it then. I'll start. So what so what so who started talking. trash to you and you started back and. you're like see see what you started? Pretty much all of. Everybody start talking is usually when. DK comes out. Okay, how about this here? I want I need.

you to tell me what the Green Bay what. the Green Bay defender said to get you. He kept calling me the B WORD. WHAT? I DON'T DO THAT. AND YOU ASKED HIM NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN, HUH? NO, I mean I ain't saying nothing. to him. The first two times I ignored. him. Right. By the end of the game then. we weren't winning. You had nothing to lose. You're like I. ain't got nothing to lose. Russ threw the ball I didn't see it so I. was like yeah. He said it one more time and. that's what got me. Did did the. Did have you have you spoken to him.

since? I don't need to say nothing to. him. I mean we say my bad bro you know hey. it's competition and I ain't mean. nothing by it. When you say. When you take it to that level I see I'm. I I was taught not to say that word. Like you don't you don't call that No my. bad. unless you want to fight. Right. So. but no I mean that that that dude who. grabbed that face mask is is. he's good. Yeah. Yeah, he he's good. But hold on how you going to try to. sneak back in the game? You do realize. you like. I didn't try to sneak. No, he didn't. tell me I was he only told Pete that I.

was ejected. Like he didn't tell me. Oh, so you thought you were still good. Yeah, I thought I was good. I just had I. thought I had to just go sit out a play. Right. Come back in. Right. But he. didn't tell me he only told Pete that I. was ejected. So that's why when people. was trying to say I was trying to sneak. back in the game. No, if I was ejected I. would have. I wouldn't have went. I'm trying to figure out look you could. have you remember that cowboy game? You. could have a monster game. And you you. celebrate prematurely and you got the. ball punched out by Trevon Diggs. Mhm. How frustrated you with that situation.

because you like man I had a big day but. that'd have been a monster day. Yeah, I mean it had to happen. It had to happen. I'm and I'm glad it. happened that early in my career too. Right. You know, it won't happen again. How difficult is it playing in the. social media era because everything is. 24 hours everything is critiqued. everybody is a coach everybody is a GM. everybody is a former quarterback. everybody is a former. professional athlete everybody is an. analyst everybody is an expert on every. single thing no matter what it is.

somebody on social media is an expert. Right. How difficult is it playing in. this era? It's only as difficult as you make it in. my opinion. Um. like I know people turn their phones off. or get off social media. No, I want to I. want I want everything head-on. So. I I hear what everybody's saying I see. what everybody's saying about me and I. just know I'm above it. They they not in. my position. They want to be that's why. they're saying something so you know, I. just look at it that way. I'm not not.

tripping about it cuz I want people to. talk at the end of the day cuz that's. that's their job. Uh. what is it that you like or dislike most. about playing in this era? I like that people can take. you know, whatever they're doing and. create their own brand about it and you. know, it's basically used as like a like. a gift but the curse to that is. somebody's always watching you. somebody's always waiting for you to. mess up just so they.

Some people are trying to get you to. mess up. Exactly exactly. Yeah. So that's what I. I don't like about it. I like I I like I know I don't know it's. probably been very difficult for me cuz. I always had something to say I was a. talker and I started it. and I always I finished it also but I. think the biggest thing what would be. is that. I'm not going to let you have the last. word. Right. Yes. And and that that's that that's that. that would be hard for me. Yeah, that's. that's something I I struggle with.

sometimes too. And then I'm going to be. looking at the guy from we playing an. upcoming opponent. You suck. You know coaches coaches would be. would really get upset at me. Do you feel sometimes you have to defend. yourself because a lot of time like hold. on bro you don't know me like that. How. do you know what's happening? What I had to learn was. you don't owe everybody an explanation. to nothing. So. that's what I had to. come to grips with. What's some of DK Metcalf's goals?

Uh end goals I want to make to the Hall. of Fame. Okay. That's that's the biggest. one and I want to win a Super Bowl. Okay. Those are the two biggest ones. Mhm. Everything if I do if I do both of those. things everything else in the middle. going to take care of itself in my. opinion. I don't know I don't DK I mean I like I. like the goals I like the Super Bowl I. love the Hall of Fame. I just don't know if the car that you're.

going to be riding in is going to get. you to those destinations and you know. the car is the quarterback. Now if you had like 10 years of Russ. I'm like you know what? I mean your best season second year 83. catches 1300 yards 10 touchdowns. Last. year. I don't I mean I guess a little down. year. Career high in touchdowns you had 12. So not only can you. get the yards you can score. I was the. guy that I got a lot of bunch of yards. I didn't I couldn't get touchdowns like. like Gates Antonio Gates like Gronk man.

them jokers get the ball in the end zone. like crazy. I end the game with like a. 100 plus yards and got no touchdown. They have like 70 yards and got like. four touchdowns. Like how y'all do that? I MEAN Y'ALL I'LL BE JEALOUS I'LL BE. JEALOUS y'all be scoring all them. I got. a bunch of yards and them got three. touchdowns. I mean I had 1100 yards when. you had three touchdowns. Three. That's it. Bunch of yards had like Gates I had like. 170 yards 160. Couldn't get the ball in the end zone.

man. Oh, no. But no, I mean I don't I don't. in my eyes. I don't care who back there quarterback. You going to make it happen. Yes, sir. Who. who do you model your game after? Cuz I. mean the natural comparison is everybody. says Megatron. Right. Because of the. size the speed but who who do you who do. you model your game after? I watch a lot. of Randy Moss and Julio. Okay. And T.O. Well, I got T.O. Julio Randy Moss and. Megatron all downloaded Right.

on my iPad. So I watch all their seasons. all the time. And. the. I think the best comparison would. probably be Julio. Right. They all those guys you mentioned have. tremendous run after the catch. Tremendous run after the catch. Randy. was how was you know, Randy was Randy. was more of a high point the ball. You throw it up in his area you know, he. was 6'4 tremendous vertical. Probably. that he's the fastest of all those guys.

People might not think it but he was the. fastest of all those guys. Um, T.O. You know, I would say T.O. is probably the most. physical. Yeah. T.O. I know people people might not like. T.O., but people don't realize how good. T.O. was. T.O. was a monster. T.O. people I I was I'm old enough I was in. the league when T.O. got in the league. and I remember T.O. was special. Yes. I mean, so you got four guys to to to to. to model your game after. I'm just But. here.

This hair. What what I mean, What what hair? The green hair? The pink. hair? Are you coming out with a. different hair color? Uh, this me. This is my personality. That's your personality. Yeah, this is me. Okay. The mouthpiece, the pacifier as a. mouthpiece. You sitting at home I'm watching TV, you. know, you sitting back. Man, you know what today Oh, Sunday. Yeah, I thought I'm going to do. pacifier. But you I mean, how did that come about?

I know the guy. that owns the that owns the mouthpiece. company. I've known him since I was in. high school. Okay. And he just sent me a. package to the facility one day like. randomly. I I pulled them out and it was like a. binky. I was like, oh, this would be. fun. Let me let me wear this. And then just caught on. Yeah, it took. off. You in the fashion. What's your what's. your boldest fashion statement? If you. if let's just say I'm I'm DK's going to.

I can't send you to the Oscars cuz you. got to go you got to go you got to go in. a tux. The Met Gala. I'm going to send you to the Met Gala. What DK pulling up in? I I. You know I like the the tux, but the shorts. Oh, you like the tux. with the shorts? Yeah, the short the short tux. Yeah. With that with some boots. With some Hold on. Shh. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Wait a. minute. I ain't no just Hold on. You talking. about short short I'm like cut off pants. short. Cut off pants short. And some boots.

Yeah. And a tux jacket. Or maybe even had a the tux jacket cut. off sleeveless. With a hat. You killing it. You definitely killing. it. Man, this man. You killing it. He got he got Mississippi, he got. Oklahoma, New York. No, not cowboy boots. No. What kind of. boots? Some some designer boots like some. Alexander McQueen boots. Oh, okay. I'm. going to say I'm like No, not no cowboy. boots. Oh. Oh, I got a cowboy fit, too. Oh,

like Chelsea boots. Not Chelsea No, not not not Chelsea. No, they kind of like thicker bottom. Okay, you. Yeah. Okay, like like three-quarter. boot. Three-quarter I mean, like a boot that. come right here. No, no, they they going. to come right here. I can't I can't wear no three I can't. wear. No, I won't wear that. DK, you DK, don't. don't don't do don't do the boot don't. do the boot with the shorts. I see. Don't do that. I got to. I got to do the boot. I really wish you. wouldn't. Man, DK see now, I'm going to have to. tweet see you come out there with You go.

to the Met Gala. Hold up. The Met Gala. might be coming up. You get your invite? No, they ain't. invited me. I guess I have to I guess. woo. Glad I'm going to miss that for. another year. Hey, drop drop this drop drop this. tomorrow. I'm glad I'm going to miss that outfit. Okay, I got. receivers under 20 under 25. Justin. Jefferson, Ja'Marr Chase, DeVonta Smith, DK Metcalf, D.J. Moore, CeeDee Lamb, Jaylen Waddle, A.J. Brown.

Who I'm pulling out first? Are you asking me? I've been asking you. I didn't think it was a question. I. thought you were. Yeah, yeah, I mean Me. I mean, J.J., Ja'Marr Chase just. just had a monster season. They did. Uh, A.J., your boy. What makes DK Metcalf special. as a receiver? I just see I don't like I don't like.

comparing myself to anybody else. But I just see like what I do. on Sundays and how I can affect the. game. Like I'm I'm a block. I'm a go deep. I'm going to catch the slant. On third down I'm a convert. Big, fast, physical. I I just. I see myself like doing it all. Right.

You see yourself as a complete receiver. Yes, I Yes, I can catch the deep ball. Yes, I can catch the short intermediate. pass, take it the distance. I can go. across the middle get the tough third. and five catches that I know I'm going. to take a big shot. And but in the. running game I can get physical. Exactly. Have the guys get you know get. long runs. Right. Exactly. And I'm going. to chase. You would chase people down if. they. to chase them. Yeah. What would I mean, That that was the kind of play that put. you on the map. That was the play. I mean, you were you have I mean, you. were having a tremendous season. That's.

what people fail to realize. You were. having a tremendous season, but it was. that play. that people like, hold on. It probably got 20 million views. Who is. this? How did he do that? It's not like. Budda Baker slow. I hate it. Hey, I don't I only lied to DK. You. could have caught me. DK, YOU COULD HAVE CAUGHT ME. I WOULDN'T. EVEN LOOK BACK. I would have just did it. number RIGHT ON YOU. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT ME. I would.

have zigzagged all the way over to here. I would have saw you coming over here. I would have been over there. You. wouldn't have caught me. No, you ain't. going to you ain't going to put me on. your highlight tape. Cuz you know. Hopefully you play long enough, you put. up the numbers. well enough and you go to the Pro. Football Hall of Fame. You know that's. that's going to be on your tape. That's going to probably be the first. thing. That man going to be up there for. a catch, before a touchdown catch, a big. long run. That's it. That man in your. highlight forever. He a poster. He a video. Yeah, NFT. Yeah, he a he a NFT.

I'm looking at the man here. Boy, you in the middle of burning. I'm going to make money off you. DK, appreciate it, bro. Yes, I. appreciate you.

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