Seahawks coach says hobbling Metcalf `fine'

Receiver `banged his knee, or something like that,' without apparent after-effects

It appeared as if the Seattle Seahawks' DK Metcalf might have added injury to insult when he hobbled off the field in the fourth quarter of the 33-30 overtime defeat Sunday by the Tennessee Titans.

But according to Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, the third-year receiver did not suffer any significant injury in the game.

“I saw DK — he said he felt fine,” Carroll said when he spoke to media members Monday afternoon. “That's all I know so far. We don't have him on the (injury) report at this point.”

Carroll said after the game that Metcalf “banged his knee, or something like that.” But his statement Monday indicates whatever happened apparently will not linger.

The “banged” knee came on what was one of Metcalf 's rougher days with the Seahawks.

He was called for three penalties, two on one play.

That play was the first of the fourth quarter, when Metcalf got called for offensive pass interference and holding. The Titans accepted the pass interference to negate a two-yard reception, making it first-and-20. The penalty didn't hurt Seattle as three plays later, Russell Wilson hit Freddie Swain for a 68-yard touchdown.

His other penalty in the second quarter was also declined by the Titans.

Still, the penalties — as well as a moment when Metcalf got into some jawing with Titans defenders — are things Metcalf is going to have to clean up, Carroll said Monday. Metcalf was called for a taunting penalty against the Colts in the regular-season opener.

“He was trying really hard early, and it was happening in both games where he's really trying to set the tempo and try to find the competitive makeup of the game, and he needed to calm down a little bit,” Carroll said. “He was trying too hard. But he was really working hard. I mean really working hard and sometimes it goes too far.”

Metcalf had six receptions for 53 yards Sunday, but none for longer than 16.

Wilson went to Metcalf three times in the fourth quarter and overtime, but connected only once for a seven-yard gain on third-andeight, after which Seattle eventually punted following a penalty on Damien Lewis. It was after that play that Metcalf limped off the field.

Wilson was hardly anywhere near the top of the “to-blame” list for the meltdown Sunday as he completed 22 of 31 passes for 343 yards and two touchdowns with a 128.8 passer rating, the second-best of his career in a game Seattle lost (the only one better coming in a 33-31 defeat against the Rams in 2018).