Rookies in any professional sport almost inevitably experience a season-long excursion in peaks and valleys.
And as Sunday’s taut affair against Tampa Bay entered the fourth quarter, there wasn’t much to indicate that it would go down as the high water mark so far in the career of Seahawks first-year receiver DK Metcalf.
To that point, going against one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL, Metcalf had two receptions on four targets for 17 yards (though those stats don’t include a catch for a two-point conversion in the third quarter).
But when it mattered most, in a game in which Seattle was playing from behind most of the day, Metcalf was at his best.