that's a steal.
Is it though?
I may be looking through things from the wrong prism (fantasy football), but I've had shares of DK Metcalf on fantasy teams a LOT over the years, and it seems that DK Metcalf--at least for fantasy--is a chronic under-producer. He's only had one year where he's been a top-10 WR in fantasy, and that was 2020 so it's old news at this point.
I mean, the guy is flat out jacked. I know you tend to fetishize those players who look like absolute gods, and DK definitely fits that mold.
But my experience with what I've seen from fantasy football is that DK has never actually lived up to, in numbers and performance, the massive potential that someone with his insane physical stature and ability is capable of. He never seemed to separate from Tyler Lockett, and this past year, not from JSN either.
It seems like every year is primed for his breakout year... ESPECIALLY this past year, when they brought in a non-conservative offensive coordinator from UDub who we were all expecting to throw the ball a ton. I thought it was FINALLY going to be DK's year, drafted him, and he was "ok". Just shy of 1K yards, decent numbers, but never the DK Metcalf he was expected to be. He finished WR32 in fantasy. JSN finished WR9 and clearly became "the guy" in that offense.
Some might claim it's due to the quality of the QB, but he's been through a few of them and has still just been an "ok" producer. But nobody quite knows who the hell will be throwing to him in Pittsburgh, so it's not like he's getting traded to a team that finally has "the guy" behind center that's going to unleash the beast.
