Club Shay Shay - DK Metcalf

Episode Date: May 2, 2022

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Make sure to listen to the Good Morning Football podcast Monday through Friday on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. I tweeted, what was DK thinking? Will I really try to play a hero in that situation? You thought that was coming for you? I thought you were really coming for me. Been grinding all my life. Sacrifice. Hustle paid the price. Want a slice. Got to roll the dice. That's why. All my life. I've been grinding all my life.

Hello. Welcome to another edition of Club Che Che. I am your host, Shannon Sharp. I'm also the proprietor of Club Che Che. And the guy that's stopping by for conversation on the drink today is an all-pro-ride receiver. He's a pro bowler. He's recorded over 3,000 yards, 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. His mom and dad named him D.K. Lynn. We're going to call him D.K.

D.K. Medcalf. 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 out here in L.A.

You're training, but you're also recovering from off-season foot surgery, correct? Yes, sir. How's the foot healing? It went real well. I just got cleared to run a few weeks ago, so I'm progressing 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. Had some cleanup work, but it was very painful. 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? I mean, 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, uh, 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, uh, you know, practice. So I was going to, you know, play on Sundays. Yeah yeah but having that expectation but that body knows i'm not dk right i'm not the guy that they saw him uh running 10-3-3 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. Right. You're not as comfortable getting in and out of breaks because you know something's wrong. Right. Your body knows something's wrong. That's good enough for me. I know something's wrong, but I'm still able to go out there and perform on Sunday.

Right. I'm really not putting that much thought into it. I didn't think, what if somebody else says something because I know myself. much thought into. I didn't think, you know, what if, you know, somebody else says something, because I know myself. A lot of people are 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're going to go back. I think it was 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, what was DK thinking? Why would he try to play a hero in that situation? Did someone relay the tweet to you, or did you read it for yourself after the game? Somebody tagged me. Somebody tagged you. Somebody tagged me, and then I saw it.

And then I was like, dang, like, Shannon Sharp? You know, he coming at me like that? And then, like, you know, hindsight 2020. No, I can respect it. You know, you a vet in the game. You know, you earned your stripes. I mean, you thought that was coming for you? I thought you were really coming for me.

You know, being a black man, growing up in the South, you played the game professionally, and I'm thinking, he knows what I'm going through right now. Right. I was trying to, so here's the back story to why I didn't go out of bounds. Okay. He was a low tackler. Okay.

So that's what the scouting report said, and that's what I've seen on film. Right. So I thought he was going to try to tackle me low. The safety was on the other side of the field. Right. I was going to hurdle him and run in the end zone. He balled his fist up so I was like, oh man, I'm messed up now.

So that's really the chain of events that happened. I got on the plane. 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 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 a DK move. That wasn't a move that, you know, I see myself, that I wanted to, you know, live with for the rest of my life. And, you know, it just so happened that, you know, after those exchange of tweets, I was down here for about a week. And, you know, we saw each other at the CIA office and, you know, squashed everything. Talk 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 their thing.

Talked it out. Right. And realized that you understood where I was coming from. I understood where you were coming from. 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 the high level, anytime we offer a critique, people think, like, we're hating or we're hating on that player like myself, played the game, played at the 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 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 like that. Right, exactly. But I appreciate you being man enough because like you said, when we met at the CIA office,

we talked about it, we worked it out, and here we are today. So I really appreciate that. Here you are, drafting the second round. 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.

Stephon Diggs getting money. Devontae, what's going through DK's mind right now? It's all smiles right now because I know whether it's this year. You know I'm going to get paid. Yeah, it's just a matter of when. So, no, I can't stress over it. Can't think about it too much because I'm going to get paid. Yeah, it's just a matter of when. So, no, I can't stress over it. Can't think about it too much because, you know, I'm going to drive myself crazy. So, I've just been enjoying this offseason, enjoying life, taking it a day at a time.

I know it may sound cliche, but, you know, that's really how I'm living right now. Has there been any contact between your agency and the Seahawks? I will say we're going to get something done. I think I'm going to be in Seattle for the next coming years. Yes, sir. When Russell – now, you say you want to be in Seattle the next couple years. Now, the money's going to be there, but you are a receiver.

You play up 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 Cupp 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. Right. A nine time Pro Bowl, the guy was an MVP conversation, won a Super Bowl, went to another Super Bowl.

It's different. Right. It's different. I'm not going to say I'm a stress over, but, you know, I got my chips on Geno and Drew Locke right now. I think Drew Locke was in a situation to where, you know, he was forced to do a lot at a young age. And, you know, 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, you know, help him get his confidence back.

And Gino last year, you know, with a shortened playbook and, you know, not being, you know, out there with us, with training camp, getting those first team reps and him stepping in, I think he did a pretty good job. And so I'm just excited for what the future holds. But when you see all this, I mean, we've never seen an offseason like this for wide receivers. I mean, not only the pay, but the movement. We see AJ get traded last night. We see Hollywood Brown get traded last night.

We mentioned Devontae got traded. Tyreek got traded. Stephon 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'm gonna 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 grown man decision yeah i want to be in be in Seattle. You know, whoever is going to, if they draft Malik Willis tonight, you know, I'm going to be satisfied because, you know,

I don't have control of who's back there quarterback. I'm just going to be out there and winning my reps on Sunday. But you want to win, right? I mean, look, the money is fine. I'm not going to say it, but losing is going to get really old. Right. 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 pour everything into it.

We're going to talk about that diet later. I don't know if you're putting everything into it, eating 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 your teeth, BK. Yes, sir. Well, I haven't lost

that much in my career. I know my first two years, we made the playoffs. Last year was the first year that we didn't make the playoffs. And last year did hurt. But, you know, nobody we didn't make the playoffs. And last year did hurt. Right. But, you know, I don't, I don't, nobody goes in planning to lose. Right. So I'm not, I'm not about to plan to lose or think about losing because 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 and we can make some changes. But right now I'm not thinking about losing or don't think we have a chance of 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. Bobby Wagner on defense, a multiple-time All-Pro, a guy that's going to go to Canton. Russ is in Denver now, a nine time pro bowler. Like I said, a great quarterback who's all he known is winning, has more touchdown passes, more wins than any quarterback in his first 10 years of starting. Then 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, OK, no more B-Wags, no more Russ.

I'm the leader here. Yes, sir. Because everything that I know, they taught me, my dad taught me, my agent Joe taught me. I got a different leadership from every person that I hold to a high standard and, you know, that I hold to a special place in my heart. And, you know, they all were great leaders in their own aspect, in their own way. So I'm just going to, 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.

What is DK's way? What type of leader is DK? Are you vocal or do you get on guys? Do you try to pick guys up? Because I think 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. Some guys need a pat on the back. Some guys like you got to be funny with. Bro, my mom could have caught that one. Right. What's DK's leadership style? we're going to see right now, right now, this is going to be like my first time being in a leadership role in this position. I'm a, you know, earn the respect of my teammates first by working hard and, 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 gonna do that. I'm gonna, I'm gonna be that, that big brother right now for, for the Seahawks. Early in April, 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're definitely one of them guys as well. Do you, do guys like being recruited by other great players around the league? Oh, no, because I really ain't trying to be recruited. I'm not looking. I'm not looking to be recruited. You know, if the Seahawks trade me, you know, 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 big, might get traded drafts right around the corner. If anything was happening with DK is going to be around the draft. And you tweeted, DK tweeted, haven't heard anything per DK.

Yeah, I ain't heard nothing. We can't say nothing. I mean, obviously, Devontae's situation was different because he was free. Most of all the other guys had years left on their contract. Obviously, you're in the last year of your contract. Sports track who does this thing, say you're worth somewhere around 24 25 million dollars you're like hmm now 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

coach at this point we're arguing over millions of money I've never had before. Right. I know my worth, and I know, you know, the Seahawks not going to, you know, take that away from me. Right. Try to take my worth down or anything. Right. 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 consider holding out if the contract is not done before the season starts? I don't see that happening. 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 big media thing or, you know, a big fiasco up in Seattle. What would be your thoughts? you know, a big fiasco up in Seattle. What would be your thoughts, let's just say for the sake of argument, since we're here, they don't give you the contract, and then they franchise you next year.

That stuff is out of my control. I can go out there and play on Sundays and, you know, control. That's the only thing you can control. Exactly. I can only control, you know, playing on Sundays. So, like I said, man, my agent, he put me through a lot of different scenarios. Right. And prepared me for this offseason to where I may not get paid this offseason. Right.

Which is fine. DJ, you don't spend a whole lot of money, DK. You know, we got to make sure. Financial. 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 a place in Mississippi. I don't know. He stretched to the limit. He at the seams. Oh, they be looking, a new house in the hills. He got this many cars. He bought his parents a place in Mississippi.

I don't know. He stretched to the limit. He had the scenes. Oh, they be looking, DK. They be looking. They be looking. Yes, sir. I'm on a budget right now.

I'm on a budget. Good deal, sir. There was, I mean, obviously, there was some rumblings last year about Russ. His agent released 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 back. There was really no ending. I mean, there was probably because 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 day in my life. If you would have told me that during the season, I probably would have been like, man, I bet my game check that they're going to be here next year. Right. And, I mean, it caught me off guard just like it caught everybody else. I knew, I would say, probably an hour before the media knew because, you know, the Seahawks called me and told me. Right.

Then Russ called me. And with Bobby, the same thing. I knew an hour before the media knew because, you know, we got a pretty close relationship, and he told me. But, no, I didn't see that happening. What are some of the things that you learned from the way those guys do business? Because, like I said, 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 I said to get to the Super Bowl they won it one year probably should have won it two years in a row what were some of the things that you learned from those guys with Russ is just consistency uh he was always early worked on his craft worked on his body um with Dwayne Brown is same thing consistency worked on his body every day and with uh Bobby I seen I the same thing. They're all just consistent in what they do. They're all early. They know how to talk to people.

They work well with people. They know how to lead the right way. Anytime something needed to be said, Bobby or Russ was going to say it. Right. Whether it was the elephant in the room or something just as small as, hey, we got to make sure we flush the toilet so our health agenda is cleaned up the locker room. Right. It's just small things, big things.

Like, they always just knew exactly what to say. How difficult or how unique is it going to be, I guess is a lack of a better word, seeing Bobby Wagner twice a year in a Rams uniform? He got to see me. He don't have to see me. Hey, you know, I'm going to run straight into him. Just so you know, just so we get this. As soon as I catch the ball, I'm going to run 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, because I had to play against him. I mean, I played with him the first three years and everybody talking about, oh, yeah, he a beast. He hit hard. 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. He know. I sure hope y'all remain friends after that interaction. Russ, you live with Russ. You spend a lot of time around Russ. You see the way he does business. 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'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 a snap and he want me to come run routes in the morning, go to sleep, work out, eat, then come back and run some more routes.

I'm like, bro, you're not the one out there running. He's a workhorse. 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 career for nothing. What is it about Russ? Because everybody has this perception of Russ, and normally we heard Channing, and Channing is a good friend of mine,

Crowder, say Russ is a square. What is it about Russ? Obviously, you know, he ain't got no tattoos, he ain't got no dreads, he ain't got none of that. I guess maybe he's too clean cut. Maybe he's too perfect.

He got, he's just a square. He ain't, name it And like, man, he got, he's just a square. He ain't naming 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 that 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, if it's lame being a square, then I'll be lame too. Right. Like, if it's lame that you treat your wife good and, you know, that y'all seem happy and y'all are genuinely happy for each other, 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. But that's just Russ. I can't say what he does or how he does it, but that's just him. From the first day I met him to today, if I talk to him later on, he's going to be the same way. He's been the same way for three 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? I mean, that's not for, you know, me to say. But, you know, that's the outside world talking and that's their job to speculate and it's his job just to, you know,

continue to live his life the way he lives it. Would you be open to playing with Colin Kaepernick? I mean, there's a lot, now all the scenes, like every time, oh, there seems to be a buzz swirling 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, Kaep, he's working out. 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 like an act. He's like Lil Baby

or Lil Durk, some of the... He's on tour. 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, you know, Cap having Cap in your locker room? Coach, I'm going to tell you, if they brought him in,

like, I have no say so. Right. And I'm going to have to, you know, play with him and, you know, get along with him. Do you think he'll get another shot? Do you think he deserves another shot? Oh, 100%. Everybody deserves a second chance at anything that they do, in my opinion.

When people tell me, yeah, he deserves a second chance, I say, a second chance for what? What did he do that was wrong? Exactly. So he just deserves an opportunity. Do you believe he'll get that opportunity? Somebody's going to take a chance and give him another opportunity. After six years? After six years.

Wow. Baker Mayfield. 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. N, capital N, like eight o's 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 him. Do you just like, hey, that's them? Or how would you handle a situation like that? I would handle it and I've never met the person. Or if I have and we have a bad outgoing or a bad interaction. I mean, it's like I said, a second chance, you know, at everything. So 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 because 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 treats me. So 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. That's about it. That's it? I didn't do nothing growing up. I didn't party. I went to one party in high school. See? That's about it. That's it? I didn't do nothing growing up. I didn't party. I went to one party in high school. See?

That's how it was in college. What did you want to be when you were growing up? I wanted to be a chef. I wanted to cook. Can you cook? Come on. 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. Okay. What can you cook? What do you cook? I like, I like making pastas. So like Marsala. Okay. Alfredo sauce. I like, you know, everybody know how to make spaghetti. Uh, not that I don't know, but I do not know how to make spaghetti. I do not Southern

I got a little breakfast. I can do a little pancakes and French toast. But once, once you go past that, you do a little pancakes, some French toast, grab some eggs. Oh, that's good enough. But once you go past that, you're lost. No, like southern food, fried fish, fried catfish. Okay. You cook like that? Rib, steak. I mean, I be too lazy during the season.

Okay, okay, okay. Check this out. You got this nice lady. You meet this lady. And, you know, she's going to come over. You cooking. What's your go-to dish? Oh, Alfredto dish? Oh Alfredo. Shrimp Alfredo. Shrimp Alfredo?

Yeah. She ain't never had my shrimp Alfredo. Yo you that thing banging like that? Coach I'm gonna 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 uh What?

I got something in the corner that ain't too many people got so I'll pop that over there. So you talking about some Caymus, maybe some silver oak, Op... What? I got something in the corner that ain't too many people got. So I'll pop that over. So you was talking about some camas, maybe some silver opals, one? Opals, one. I know how to throw it down. I know how to throw it down. You're trying to get married. That ain't going to leave after that.

Your father played. He played offensive line. how was it having a father play in the nfl and because when you have a like my brother played everybody's gonna 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's supposed to be there. Right. I mean, growing up, everybody called me Terrence Metcalf. So that was something that I didn't like.

They didn't call you DK. They called you Terrence. They called me Terrence's son because he was an All-American there. Right. He was the real deal in college. So I was like, all right, I'm going to work hard to where people are going to start calling you DK Metcalf. Right. And I've got to that point now.

But, 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. He taught me, like, how to even talk to the media when I was 12 years old, 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 you see your father play? Yes, sir.

You remember? Oh, I held the NFC Championship trophy in 06 when they beat the Saints. Right. In Soldier Field. Went to the Super Bowl. So you were in the locker room? Oh, yeah. Were you hanging around?

Oh, I was in the mix. 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're like, nah, this is what I want to do. I was just being a kid around his dad. Me thinking about it now, I never thought about what I wanted to do until I got asked in high school, what do you want to be? My ninth grade year, I got my first offer and I was like, oh, my parents ain't got to pay for college. Oh, okay, bet. Yeah, we're going to do that then. We're going to go to college for free and we're 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 0-16, Devin Hester, Yes, Chef. So you mentioned that 0-16, Devin Hester, Erlacher, Spice Adams. I remember, you know, Ed McCaffrey was a former teammate of mine, and his son, Christian McCaffrey, he was a lot smaller, younger than you were, 24 now, so 2006. Oh, no, he was about two. You were about six or seven back then.

Your siblings, how many brothers do you have? Six of you guys. Yes, sir. You're the oldest? And then there'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.

But it was just me, my mom, and my three sisters at the house in Chicago. And I basically raised all of them, helped my mama raise all my sisters. And that's where I got the love for kids from. And that's why I'm so good with kids, because 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 the one with my sister. It's only three of them is like my the one directly behind me is that's my that's my sister.

Is there only three of us? And I have a very close relationship. 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 kind of like all we had. us. And that was kind of like all we had. Our relationships and our, you know, the way we act and it's like my dad's side

of the family. Like, all of us have an aunt that we can compare ourselves to. Right. There'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 with somebody, to beat up. You can't beat your sister. But brother, ball in the head.

No, my sister, she was out there throwing the ball with me and hooping with me. Really? Oh, yeah. And I say that's my twin. That's your dog? Yes, sir. So your dad's an offensive lineman.

I'm almost afraid to ask this question because he couldn't have been that fast as an offensive lineman. Where do you get the speed from? My daddy fast. My dad was on the track team in high school. Yeah, see, that was the 220-pound dad.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was a lot smaller, but he was pretty fast. But I get, like, my athletic side from him. And I would say he split it 50-50

because my mom was a little hooper in high school. When did you start? Did you always run track? So it was always the three, football, basketball, track? Or did you play baseball? You played any other sports? I wanted to play baseball bad, but my parents didn't let me

because they said I already had enough sports. Right. So it was football, basketball, and track. What was your best sport in high school? In high school, football. Football. Football. The one I loved the most basketball basketball yeah

so basically track was to get speed for for football and exactly and basketball was conditioned track track was for the track needs that was it that was it i hated practice yeah yeah all that running yeah so what did you run and what what was what were your events i did the 110 hurdles triple jump four by one and four by two okay triple jump, 4x1, and 4x2. Okay. Triple jump. What's your best triple? 49.5.

Okay. Okay, not bad. Not bad. 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. Come on, D. I never won my individual events. Come on, DK. I know. I'm tripping. Man, Mississippi ain't known for no runners like that. And here you are

running, you ran 10-3-3. Come on, hold on. Ain't known for no runners? Yeah, ain't known for no runners. Who y'all got that offense? Everybody. We just don't get coverage. You know, we got like, okay, we got like

Sam Grady was an Olympian. Melvin Lattner went to the Olympics. Stanley Floyd. You know, we got, like, okay, we got, like, Sam Grady was an Olympian. Melvin Lattner went to the Olympics. Stanley Floyd. You know, we got guys that can, like, really, really go. I mean, we got guys that can, like, really, really go. Yeah, we had Trail Kimmins and Shelby McKeown. He high jumped, and that was it. What made you want to try for the Olympic trials?

You ran, you didn't qualify. You ran 10.37. But you're talking about, but, I mean, that's it, 225, 230 pounds. And you had only been training for what, like two months? Yes, sir. And I only did starts. Didn't run anything over 80 meters. That was a 240.

That was the heaviest I've ever been in my life at that track. If I said, okay, DK, I'm going to give you one year, how low do you think you can go in 100? One year of training? One year of training. I go nine. What? I run a nine. Hold up, DK. Do you realize where 10.37 is to 9.99? Do you realize where 10-3-7 is to 9-9-9? Do you know where that is?

You could outrun Tyreek? I'm not going to stop shaking my head. Hold on. Hold on, Ty. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Uh-uh.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. I'm not going to let you do this. I'm not going to let you do this, DK. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. You, DK Metcalf, is sitting here today in Club Shea Shea

telling me he could outrun Tyreek Hill. I'm talking about Tyreek Reek Cheetah, the one that was Kansas City, now he's in Miami. That one, number 10. You can give him 10 more nicknames. He's still going to be the same person to me. I'm just saying, I got a different type of speed. That's just, I got a DK speed.

Just like Cheetah, Cheetah speed. Yeah. I got DK different type of speed. That's just, I got a DK speed. Just like Cheetah. Yeah. Cheetah speed. Yeah. I got DK speed and that's just me. That's cool of you. I'm saying, I mean, I saw you run. I mean, I saw you run Buda Baker down.

That was very impressive. That wasn't even my top speed. I started tiptoeing because I wasn't trying to let it hit my feet. I mean, you did reach the top speed of 22.67. 22.64. 40. I mean, you only ran 433 in the 40 in that decal. I mean, that's fast for your size. And I popped straight up. This thing, you're giving me a year to work on my technique. Yeah.

And to slim down. That was 240. Yeah. Yeah, you damn near be 210. Imagine if I drop down to 220 at least. Oh, 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 pounds and get my technique right? Rick, you heard this man.

Rick, I need you got, you're going to have, when this is released, you have 48 hours to respond to this man. This man said he could outrun you.

I gave you like six nicknames. He said he don't care how many nicknames I give you, you still can't outrun him. Just putting that out there, Tyreek. You mentioned your dad, Terrence, went to Ole Miss. Did you feel a sense of obligation to go to Ole Miss? Or was you like, man, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia,

or was it Ole Miss or nothing? No. I wanted to go to Miami. I wanted to be a Hurricane. Right. What happened? I sent a recruiting dude a 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, no, you've been committed to Ole Miss since ninth grade. This is like my junior year of high school. Right. I'm like, no, just offer me and recruit me and I will come to Miami. Right. They still didn't give me a chance. I was about to go to Cal, you know, for a little minute. I didn't like Alabama.

What you didn't like about Bama? They were too cocky to me, and I wanted to beat Alabama. You don't think they had a right to be cocky with Alabama? Oh, yeah, for sure. They definitely did. But, no, I just, I wanted to beat Alabama. You wanted to beat them? Yeah.

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Were y'all friendly? Did you know him? Or you just went to rival high school? No, we just went to rival high school. 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 2-1 against A.J.

I played him three years. Yeah, 2-1. Did you guys, like, okay, who committed first to Ole Miss? Me. A.J. committed on National Sunday. I committed in ninth grade. Right. Well, see, the guy from Miami was right.

You had committed. But I told him, though. Like, that's my word. If he don't take my word, then I can't do. Right. Well, see, the guy from Miami was right. You had committed. But I told him, though. Like, that's my word. If he don't take my word, then I can't do nothing about that. Ole Miss. You committed to Ole Miss, but you wanted Miami. Did you visit anywhere else other than Ole Miss and Alabama? Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn.

Went to Cal. You didn't like Auburn? No, Auburn was good to me. I just didn't like Under Armour at the time. Right. At the time. At the time. Please.

Yeah, you Under Armour guy now. Yes, sir. That's why I say that. You played in the SEC. Obviously, it's the preeminent conference. 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, 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. Okay.

But playing in the SEC, yes, it is a challenge every week because especially our division with Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Vanderbilt's on the other side, but we have Mississippi State, A&M, us. That's like a gauntlet of teams that's going to have them dogs every week on it. I think it definitely gets you ready for the NFL. Did you watch the draft last night? Bits and pieces. Did it bring back memories? Did it be like, man, just a couple years ago, I was going through this process.

Yes, sir. It brought back a lot of memories. What was your draft process like? Okay, you come out here. You're working out. You're training. I don't know if you went to Florida. You came out here and went somewhere.

But obviously, you're going through Arizona. A lot of people go to Arizona and train. And you get sports specific. We're going to train 40s. We're going to train short shuttle, three cones. And we're going to do vertical. We're going to do all that. Everything is about the combine. We're going to train 40s, we're going to train short shuttles, three cones, and we're going to do vertical, we're going to do all that.

Everything is about the combine. So what's your thought process? 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? Of course, I'm thinking about my numbers for the combine.

So I definitely had to drop a little weight. And then I just had to run fast because teams were questioning my speed. Was I really fast enough? And so after I did that, then my draft process after the Combine was just like a weight lifted off my shoulders. Like, all right, I knew I was probably going to be selected day one. 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 surprised? That I didn't go day one? Yeah. Yeah, so I was a little surprised. But after pick 17, that doubt started to creep in. And then after I didn't get chosen, a lot of doubt crept in, like am I really good enough to play in the NFL? And then go back home on day two, the Seahawks select me,

and all of that doubt, all of the worry left my head. I'm looking at you. You look at all the receivers. Hollywood Brown, McKeel Harry, Deebo, AJ, McCode, JJ, our single white side, Paris Campbell, Andy Isabella. Andy Isabella? Paris Campbell? White side?

Hold on, didn't they just move him to tight end? I think they just 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 knew their names. I know their names. And they went before you? Yes, sir.

So you're 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're like, did you go to senior bowl? No, sir. Oh, see. No, I trained with, it was me, A.J. Debo, Paris Campbell, Akil Harry, all in the same facility.

Yeah, so you should, because I'm looking, I went to a lot of the bowl games. I went to the East West Shrine, used to be out here in Palo Alto. And then I saw him at the combine. And I'm like, you not better than me. You not better than me.

You not better than me. And them jokers, I'm seeing them jokers coming off the ball. I'm like, hold on, wait a minute. He not that, what do they see in them that I didn't show?

That just goes back to it's out of my control. I showed up at the combine. I did my work. Right. I did my interview. Right. And at the end of the day, I did my job. Right.

It's up to the other teams to decide who they're going to pick. What made you decide to go into the interview and get Seattle with your shirt on? So the guy, they had a head scout. And you know, at the combine, we got groups and the scouts

are the head of the group. I had a Seattle scout at the head of my group. He was like, hey, just go into the 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 do it.

I'm going to know what my shirt on. You're 6'4", 235 pounds. I played my whole career at less than 230, 228. I'm a tighty. You're a wide receiver. How? I mean, you and Megatron, when you see these guys your side, Julio,

Brandon Marshall, even Fitz, guys that are 6'3", 6'4", 230, 240, Megatron had to be 240, running like that. When you see a defensive back and you're like, bro, you got no chance. What's your mindset? Because 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 and i'm just chumming i'm just just leaving breadcrumb because i know sooner or later i'm gonna i'm gonna get the big exactly that's tyler taught me to ask my my uh rookie year he was like, I just set him up when we released the whole game

and then come back to set him up for the big play. Right. I'm like, dude, that's smart. I'm like, all right, I'm going to add that to my repertoire. So I come off the ball hard 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 see him sitting heavy, that you... Exactly. Exactly. Now I go by him. So it's all about mind games. I read you on Kevin Gardner's podcast

and your diet. One cup of coffee, two cups of coffee? Just one. 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 have time to lie. I know.

So, okay, 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's with the cup of coffee? Just a cup of coffee? Just a little latte.

Okay. A large latte. Large latte, okay. So then you go work out? No, I've already worked out. You've already worked out. So you worked out fasting. You do fasting workouts.

Yeah. Okay, come on, get your little latte. Sit down, watch a little TV. Maybe you catching up on snowfalls, something like that. You know, Ozark, you watch a little TV. You eat again. So what time you work out? I wake up at six, work out at seven. All right, so a normal Monday, looks like I wake up at six, work out at seven to like 8.30, drive like 30 minutes, work out again from like 9 to 10. Hold on, hold on.

You work out from 7 to 8.30? Yes, sir. So what's that workout entail? This is my physical therapy. Oh, okay. That's PT. That's PT. Okay.

Then you drive 30. Do you eat anything? No. Then I drive 30 minutes and then I up a body lift. Yeah, see, Then you drive 30. Do you eat anything? No. Then I drive 30 minutes and then I upper body left. Yeah. See, 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 gas in it. I'm not a car. Yes, you are. I'm an alien. Well, see, just think of how big an alien. How are you more freaky of an alien? I can't.

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 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 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 something? Just say 500 calories. It don't last long with me. 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... What a word. I ain't missed a game in the league yet. So this is what I'm banking on. No, it's not about that. I believe you can be more efficient. I believe you can be better. I do believe. I believe if you went and saw it with a nutritionist,

got your work done, your blood work done, what you should eat, how much of it you should eat, I believe, DK, I believe you can take your game to the next level. I mean, you got to think about it now. The elites are the elites, and you are. But if you want to get to that LeBron, that upper stratosphere,

you got to do it different. That's because you said that I'm going to show you how to do it my way. Who, me? No me no no no i'm gonna do it my way and then okay i'm gonna reach okay all right i'm just uh uh clearly i'm stubborn my bad clearly clearly you a foodie a junk foodie ain't no food you a foodie. A junk foodie. Ain't no foodie. You a junk foodie. Desserts, candy. What's your favorite dessert? On the spot right now, cheesecake probably. I'm tasting cheesecake.

That's cheesecake. What's your favorite food? You like pasta, but if your mom said, you say, 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? I had some two days ago. You say crawfish is a top five seafood. Well, I'm allergic to shellfish, so 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.

Calamari? See, you eat calamari ranch. No, I don't eat none. I don't want nothing. I don't want nothing on my calamari. Just calamari. We got to talk about that. That I want to...

That is a crime in itself. You eat calamari with ranch? Got to. Got to have ranch. Nah, I don't have anything on it. Yeah, crawfish... Yeah, crawfish is better than calamari. Do you know how to cook crawfish?

Oh, you got... I mean, is there a place in Seattle? I mean, I know about the market, the fish market. But are they like, obviously, you got the best seafood. You got Alaska above you, so you got the best and freshest seafood coming in daily. Are there some great eateries in Seattle that isn't seafood based? Do y'all got like soul food? Oh, yeah.

It is one soul food spot up there that I love. It's called Simply Soulful. I love going there. And then, oh, everybody talks about the food in Seattle. Seafood has got to be the best. Yeah. Seafood. Because 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 the best. Yeah. Seafood, yeah. Because it's fresh. I mean, it's like, they just pulled it out 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 a fan of lemon cookies. Yeah. The lemon Oreos, banging. I'd rather have the lemon Oreos than the regular ones. Don't say that. I don't know about that one. Yeah, man.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. Here's the thing. Maybe it's because I, my mom worked at Nab. Yeah, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. Here's the thing. Maybe it's because I, my mom worked at Nabisco for 30 years. Okay. And so,

Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Fig Newtons, Ritz Crackers. We ate so much of them. And so now, they came out with, you know,

they come out with Red Velvet. They come out with Birthday Cake, 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 lemons once. I ain't been back. I ain't been back. You had the Jackson's lemon cookies? Nah.

You ain't never had them? I don't think so, no. They like that big? I see you. Nah, I see you. That's too big. I can't. Move some little smallies in. They like that big. I see you. No, I see you. That's too big.

I can't move some little smalls in there. 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 their dessert menu first to see how good the restaurant is. Right. You like key lime. You like tiramisu.

You like creme brulee. I got the chocolate lava cakes, these recipes we have. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. With the little vanilla ice cream on the side. That's where it be at. But I'm not a steak person. I don't like steak like that. Yes, I like steak. 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. Right. Got the little popcorn shrimp for the app. Then I ordered the hammer roll and four orders of salmon nigiri. Okay. You know, I'm trying to get into this

because everybody say, man, I ain't never had sushi. Yeah. And normally, I had it once, but it was made with Kobe. It wrapped around the rice, but I ended up taking the avocado out the middle. So basically, it's rice and meat. Right.

Give me a good... 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 tempura rolls. What about the tuna roll? Oh, I'll give you salmon.

So just get salmon. They just put it over rice. And you get you like spicy. Not really. You can ask for some teriyaki sauce and soy sauce. Dip it and it got a little sweetness to it to where it'll knock taste out a little taste. Alright. I'm gonna try it.

You a workout warrior. 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.

I'm really not, like, big in specifics like that. Right. I just like... You like an all-over body. You like a total body. Yeah, I like killing myself. You bench? You a big bencher?

Yeah, I like bench. Yeah, I like bench. Yes, he... You like them shoulders. You like them beach muscles. Yeah, I like killing myself. You bench? You a big bencher? Yeah, I like bench. Yeah. Yeah, see? You got, you like them shoulders. You like them beach muscles. Yeah, I like bench. Curling too? You be curling up a score? No, I'm not a curler. You don't do no curls? 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 come to training camp and they sing the fight song. A lot of times, if you don't want to sing more than one, don't sing your fight song. Sing something latest and great. I mean, I don't care what it is. Drake, Lil Durk, Lil Baby. I don't care who it is. But don't sing no fight song,

because we're going to have you sing it every day because we don't want to hear no fight song. We don't care about Hail to the Victory or whatever it is. We don't want to hear that. I'm going to have... No, see, I'm't want to hear that. I'm going to have... No, see, I'm not a person like that. I'm not a...

They just got to have the food for their away trip. Have the Popeyes on their away trip. I remember those days. And make sure the snacks in the receiver room, make sure the refrigerator got drinks in it. Do you make them bring breakfast sandwiches? No. You're not a breakfast, you're not a person.

You don't have them bring no gummy bears? No. They have, they got to make sure the snack basket is full. Well, here's the thing, DK. Obviously now, because 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 out of the league too early. But they cook breakfast, they cook lunch, and they cook you dinner. Yeah, in Seattle, they treat you real well.

And you eating, hold on, and you eating tootsies and Jolly Ranchers and gummy worms? I don't, I'm not a, I will say during the season,

I'll eat a sandwich for breakfast a sandwich they make me a croissant sandwich every morning or a burrito that's about it

I do like breakfast burrito yeah that's about it don't you think don't you think that's a I mean you got the diet

of like a 10 year old you do realize you're a grown-ass man, right? I mean, if somebody told me, if I came over to your house and I saw all this candy, I'm like, oh, this dude got like four, five kids. All this candy. Look, I'm trying to, I will say, I'm going to change up my diet a little bit.

I changed up. Are you a trash talker on the field? If they do, if they started, then yes. No, you got to start it. No. Oh, I let my plate. So you just like, so you just like to mind your business. Mind my business, let my plate do my talking. 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 them. Everybody that started talking is usually when DK comes out.

Okay. How about this here? I'm going to need you to tell me what the Green Bay defender said to get you. Oh, okay. 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 wouldn't win. 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. Have you spoken to him since? I don't need to say nothing to him. I mean, we can say, my bad, bro. You know, hey, it's competition. I ain't mean nothing by it. That's too personal. When you take it to that level, I see, I was taught not to say that word.

Right. Like, you don't call that a fighting word. Unless you want to fight. Right. So, but, no. I mean, that dude who of the word unless you want to fight. Right. So, but no, I mean, that dude who grabbed a face mask

is, he's gone. Yeah. Yeah, he's good. Well, hold on. How you gonna 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. Oh. Like, he didn't tell me. Oh, so you thought you was still good.

Yeah, I thought I was good. I just had, I thought I had to just go sit out of play. Right. Come back in. Right. But he didn't tell me, he only told Pete that I was ejected. Oh. Like, he didn't tell me. Oh, so you thought you was still good. Yeah, I thought I was good. I just had, I thought I had to just go sit out of play. Right. Come back in. Right. But he didn't tell him, he only told Pete that I was ejected.

So that's why, you know what Pete was trying to say, I was trying to sneak back in the game. No, if I was ejected, I would've, I wouldn't have went. I'm trying to figure out, look, you could, you remember that Cowboy game? You could have him off the game. And you, you settled prematurely and you got the ball punched out by Trayvon Diggs. How frustrated you with that situation? Because you're like,

man, I had a big day, but that would have been a monster day. Yeah, I mean, it had to happen. I'm glad it happened that early in my career. 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 critique. Everybody is a coach. Everybody's a GM. Everybody's a former quarterback. Everybody's 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. I know people turn their phones off or get off social media. No, I want everything head on. So I hear what everybody's saying. I see what everybody's saying about me, and I just know I'm above it.

They're not in my position. They want to be. That's why they're saying something. So, no, I just know I'm above it. They not in my position. They want to be. That's why they're saying something. So, no, I just look at it that way. I'm not tripping about it because I want people to talk at the end of the day because that's their job. What is it that you like or dislike most about planning in this era? I like that people can take

whatever they're doing and create their own brand about it. It's basically used as a gift, but the curse to that is somebody's always watching you, somebody's always waiting for you to mess up. Some people are trying to get you to mess up. Exactly, yeah.

That's what I don't like about it. I like, I know, it's probably been very difficult for me because I always had something to say. I was a talker and I started it and I finished it also. But I think the biggest thing would be is that. I'm not going to let you have last word. Right. Yes. And that that's that Yes. And that would be hard for me. Yeah. That's something I struggle with sometimes, too. And then I'm going to be looking at the guy from when we're playing an upcoming opponent.

You suck. You know, coaches would really get upset at me. Do you feel sometimes you have to defend yourself? Because a lot of times, I'm 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 or nothing. So that's what I had to come to grips with.

What's some of DK Metcalf's goals? End goals I want to make to the Hall of Fame. Okay. That's the biggest one. And I want to win a Super Bowl. Okay. That's the biggest one, and I want to win a Super Bowl. Okay. Those are the two biggest ones. If I do both of those things,

everything else in the middle is going to take care of itself, in my opinion. I don't know. DK, I mean, I like the goals. I like the Super Bowl. I love the Hall of Fame. I just don't know if the car I mean, 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, 1,300 yards, 10 touchdowns. Last year, 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 a guy that got a bunch of yards.

I couldn't get touchdowns. Like Gates, Antonio Gates, like Gronk, man, them jokes getting the ball in the end zone like crazy. I ended the game with like 100-plus yards and got no touchdowns. They had like 70 yards and got like four touchdowns. Like, how y'all get the ball in the end zone like crazy. I end the game with like 100 plus yards and got no touchdowns. They have like 70 yards and got like four touchdowns. Like, how y'all do that? I'll be jealous. I'll be jealous.

I'll be jealous if you're going to be scoring on them. I got a bunch of yards and got three touchdowns. I mean, I had 1100 yards. What did you have? Three touchdowns. Three. That's it. Bunch of yards.

I had like games. I had like 170 yards, 160. Couldn't get y'all had, like, games. I had, like, 170 yards, 160. Couldn't get the ball in the end zone, man. Oh, no. But, no, I mean, in my eyes, I don't care who's back there quarterback. You're going to make it happen. Yes, sir. Who do you model your game after?

Because, I mean, the natural comparison is everybody says Megatron. Right. Because the size, the speed. But 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 on my iPad.

So I watch all their seasons all the time. And I think the best comparison would probably be Julio. Right. All those guys you mentioned are tremendous run after the kick. Right. Tremendous run after the kick.

Randy was more of a high point the ball. You throw it up in his area, he was six foot four, tremendous vertical probably he's the fastest of all those guys people might not think it but he was the fastest of all those guys T.O.

you know I would say T.O. is probably the most physical T.O. I know people might not like T.O. but people don't realize how good T.O. was T.O. was a monster. I was old enough. I was in the league when T.O. got in the league,

and I remember T.O. was special. I mean, so you got four guys to model your game after. What hair? This hair. I mean, what do I have? The green hair, the pink hair? You come out with a different hair color. Oh, that's me.

That's just my personality. That's your personality? That's just me. Okay. The mouthpiece, the pacifier has a mouthpiece. You sitting at home, I'm watching TV. You know, you sitting back. Man, you know what the date?

Oh, Sunday. Yeah, I thought I'm going to do the Passerby. But yeah, I mean, how did that come about? I know the guy that owns the mouthpiece company. Right. 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 pulled him out and it was like a binky. I was like, oh, this will be fun. Let me wear this. And then it just caught me. It took off. Yeah, it took off. You're into fashion. What's your boldest fashion statement?

Let's just say I'm DK's going to, I can't say it to the Oscars because you got to go on a tuck. The Met Gala. I'm going to say it to the Met Gala. What's DK pulling up in? You know, I like the tucks, but the shorts. Oh, you like the tucks with the shorts?

Yeah, the short tucks. Yeah. With some boots. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Wait a minute. I ain't no Jeff.

Hold on. You're talking about shorts? I'm like, cut off pants shorts. Cut off pants shorts, yeah. And on. Hold on. Wait a minute. I ain't no Jeff. Hold on. You're talking about shorts. I'm like, cut off pants shorts. Cut off pants shorts, yeah. And some boots. Yeah. And a tux jacket. Or maybe even had a tux jacket cut off sleeveless with a hat.

You killing it. You definitely killing it. Man, this man. You killing it. He got Mississippi. He got Mississippi. He got Oklahoma, New York. No, not cowboy boots. No.

What kind of boots? Some design was like some Alexander McQueen boots. Oh, okay. I was going to say. No, not no cowboy boots. Oh. Oh, I got a cowboy fit too now. Oh, like Chelsea boots.

Not Chelsea? No, no, no. Not Chelsea. No, they're kind of like thicker bottom. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay, like three-quarter boots? Three-quarter?

I mean, like a boot that comes right here? No, no. They're going to come right here. I can't win no three. I can't win no three. No, but no, DK. DK, don't do the boot.

Don't do the boot with the show. See? Don't do that. I got to. I got to. I really wish you wouldn't. Man, DKC, now. I'm going to have to tweet and see you come out there.

You go to the Met Gala. Hold on. The Met Gala might be coming up. You get your invite? No, I ain't. Yeah, I guess I have to. Woo. Glad I'm going to miss that for another year.

Hey, drop this. Drop this tomorrow. I'm glad I'm going to miss that outfit. Okay, I got receivers under 20, under 25. Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, Devontae Smith, DK Metcalf, DJ Morris, C.D. Lamb, Jalen Waddle, A.J. Brown. Who I'm pulling out first? Are you asking me? I'm pulling out first? Are you asking me?

I'm asking you! I didn't think it was a question. I thought you were asking me. Yeah, yeah, I mean, JJ, Jamar Chase just had a monster season. They did. AJ, your boy. What makes DK Metcalf special as a receiver? I just see, I don't like comparing myself to anybody else,

but I just see what I do on Sundays and how I can affect the game. Like, I'm a blocker. I'm a go deep. I'm a go deep. I'm a catch the slant. I'm third down. I'm a convert. Big, fast, physical.

I just, I see myself, like, doing it all. Right. You see yourself as a complete receiver. Yes, I can catch the deep ball. Yes, I can catch the short, intermediate pass, take it to 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. But in the running game, I can get physical and have the guys get long runs. Right. Exactly. And I'm going to chase. You're going to chase people down.

Yeah. That was kind of the play that put you on the map. That was the play. I mean, you was kind of the play that put you on the map. That was the play. 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 were like, hold on. It's probably got 20 million views.

Who is this? How did he do that? It's not like Buda Baker or Slope. I hate it. Hey, I ain't going already lied to you, DK. You could have caught me. DK, you could have caught me. I wouldn't even look back.

I would have just did a number eight on you. You would have caught me out of zigzag all the way on the field. I would have thought you was going to come a little bit over here, a little bit over there. You would have been like, nah, you ain't going to put me on your highlight tape. Because you know, hopefully you played long enough, you put up a good performance, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You a little bit over there. You're going to put me on your highlight tape. Because 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 going to be on your tape. That's going to probably be the first thing. That's going to be up there before a catch, before a touchdown catch, a big long run. That's it. That man is your highlight forever. He a poster. He a video., a big long run. That's it. That man is your highlight forever.

He a poster. He a video. He a NFT. Yeah, he a NFT. I'm thinking about you. Booty, you in the middle of birth now. I'm going to make money off you. DK, appreciate it, brother.

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