The Seahawks took a few days off after Thursday’s 36-24 loss the the rival San Francisco 49ers, allowing for some reflection on plays that have gone well, and things that have gone poorly.
Wide receiver DK Metcalf ranks fourth in the NFL in receiving yards, but leads the NFL in an unfortunate stat: Lost fumbles by after a reception. On Wednesday, he accepted blame for another.
“I’ve been at the scene of three turnovers this year,” said Metcalf, who has 31 catches for 469 yards so far this season.
Two of those came in the form of fumbles as he tried to gain additional yards. The other one he mentioned resulted in an interception thrown by quarterback Geno Smith on Thursday. The Seahawks trailed 23-17 with 7:55 to go in the fourth quarter when 49ers rookie cornerback Renardo Green cut in front of the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Metcalf for the pick and returned it to the Seahawks 15-yard line. Three plays later, it was 29-17 49ers.
Smith has taken some heat for throwing two interceptions in the game, and Metcalf called him Sunday to discuss the play. For many of the 68,000-plus onlookers at Lumen Field, it looked like an awful throw by Smith that landed well short of the intended target. That was not the case, Metcalf said.
“That was definitely my fault,” Metcalf said. “I was drifting up field, saw open space. (I was) trying to do too much and let the DB undercut the route when I should have been staying flat.”
Metcalf did not apologize for an exchange on a headset shown by the TV broadcast of the game he acknowledged was with offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb. Metcalf put on a headset and appeared to say, “Please, throw past the (expletive) sticks. Please.”
“We were losing, we were getting three-and-outs,” Metcalf said. “If anybody isn’t upset about that then you’re playing the wrong sport.
“I’m a very competitive person, and I like winning. We’ve got to run by defenders, that’s what I was telling him.
Now Metcalf and his teammates must work toward turning around a three-game losing streak that followed a 3-0 start. They hope it start at 10 a.m. Sunday in Atlanta, when the 3-3 Seahawks will play the 4-2 Falcons.
“Monday was a very much team meeting of where (Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald) just told us the truth,” Metcalf said. “It’s not anything the other teams are doing. We’re just hurting ourselves. … He basically told us the truth of what we need to clean up moving forward. We all took it the right way. “
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