D.K. Metcalf and Aaron Rodgers have a talk.
As Joe referenced earlier, today’s Bucs-Steelers practice came with rules for reporters. No reporting of specific plays in detail with a few exceptions.
So in this case, Joe will describe a cool moment.
With the Steelers working in 7-on-7 againt the Bucs’ first-team defense, Zyon McCollum was all over his man multiple times and the officials calling practice weren’t throwing a flag.
After the Steelers’ first-team session, Steelers star free agents D.K Metcalf and Aaron Rodgers had words for the referee — in practice (photo above). Joe happened to be standing right there.
They were adamant that Metcalf cannot be shut down the way he just was on multiple plays. Each seemed to be spitting out Metcalf’s measurements like a lunatic draft guru in Indianapolis in late February.
Joe wonders if Rodgers and Metcalf know McCollum was one of the greatest pre-draft athletes in NFL history, per official NFL Next Gen Stats. McCollum ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash, popped a 39 1/2-inch vertical leap, an 11-foot broad jump, and he was the fastest of all positions at the three-cone drill and the 20-yard shuttle run.
Near the end of a spirited practice today, McCollum had a lot of juice left in his legs.