As we wrote up earlier this week, all signs point to the Green Bay Packers’ trade offer for All-Pro Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf being in the ballpark of a third-round pick and a young receiver, either Romeo Doubs or Dontayvion Wicks. Initially, the Seahawks’ asking price was a first- and third-round pick, which always seemed like a pie-in-the-sky request considering that whichever team trades for Metcalf would also end up paying him an extension in the range of $30 million per year.
Now, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, the asking price for Metcalf has collapsed. Per Russini, the Seahawks, unable to find a trade suitor at their previous price point, are only asking for a second-round pick in return. Depending on how you value Doubs or Wicks, a third-round pick and a receiver should be of similar value to a second-round pick.
In short: If the Packers want to get this deal done badly enough, they’ll get it done.
Russini did say that the receiver “ideally wants to play in a warm weather climate,” but that doesn’t sound like an outright demand that would prevent a trade. Ultimately, the number of warm-weather contenders who are willing to part with a Day 2 pick to pay Metcalf an extension might end up being zero clubs. Clearly, based on the Seahawks dropping a first-round pick from the asking price, there aren’t as many franchises bidding for Metcalf’s services as expected.
Metcalf is a perfect fit for what the Packers’ offense needs. As we’ve written about before, head coach Matt LaFleur’s run-first scheme demands big-body receivers who can block on the perimeter and insert into the formation from tight splits. With Christian Watson recovering from an ACL tear, Green Bay desperately needs a field-stretcher to prevent 2025 defenses from choking out their spacing for an entire season. Metcalf checks both of those boxes in ways that free-agent receivers, and all but a few draft prospects, don’t.