Seattle Seahawks extensive receiver DK Metcalf (14) catches a landing move in entrance of Tennessee Titans cornerback Tre Avery in the course of the second half of an NFL soccer recreation on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photograph/George Walker IV)
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SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks launched Tyler Lockett on Wednesday, parting methods with the franchise’s second all-time main receiver in a cost-cutting transfer forward of the brand new league yr.
Additionally Wednesday, star extensive receiver DK Metcalf has requested a commerce from Seattle and prefers to be dealt to a contending workforce, a supply informed ESPN.
Metcalf, a two-time Professional Bowl choice, made his commerce request Wednesday after a sequence of conversations over the previous two weeks, the supply informed reporter Adam Schefter.
Lockett, a 10-year veteran, caught 661 passes for 8,564 yards and 61 touchdowns in Seattle, trailing solely Corridor of Famer Steve Largent in all three classes on the workforce’s profession record.
But Lockett’s manufacturing dipped in every of the previous two seasons. He completed with simply 894 yards receiving in 2023, a quantity that fell to only 600 in 2024, his lowest mark since 2017.
Lockett’s wage cap quantity was scheduled to balloon to greater than $30 million in 2025. Slicing him frees up about $17 million in cap area. The 32-year-old Lockett sensed on the finish of the 2024 season that it may be his final in Seattle, telling reporters in January that “maybe this isn’t the end, maybe it is the end, but I always will be a Seahawk through and through.”
Seattle has created round $30 million in cap area this week. The Seahawks launched 4 veterans, together with outdoors linebacker Dre’Mont Jones, on Tuesday.
Metcalf, 29, is searching for a brand new deal as he enters the ultimate yr of the three-year, $72 million extension he signed in 2022. He’s set to make just a little over $18 million in 2025. Buying and selling him earlier than June 1 would clear almost $10.9 million in wage cap area however would pressure the Seahawks to tackle $21 million in useless cash this season.
Metcalf is coming off a 66-catch, 992-yard, five-touchdown season, having missed two video games with a knee damage.