What if DK Metcalf is not that talented? The question is so contrary to public perception that it might be construed as trolling. I may ask if he is a good football player. I may ask if he will be able to stay healthy. I may ask if Metcalf’s exceptionally rare athleticism will translate to performance on the football field. But I may not ask if he is in fact talented.
Yet that is precisely what teams across the NFL did over the past two days. No one questions Metcalf’s character. He has what are sometimes called good bloodlines—a rather icky expression Dictionary.