DK Metcalf believes that receiving a blow to the back of his skull just cost him almost $19,000. The Seahawks wide receiver, Fred Warner, and Deommodore Lenoir were all penalised by the NFL for grabbing, pushing, and having too much fun during last weekend’s events following Warner’s interception at the conclusion of the team’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers. The wide receiver received a fine of $19,123. Metcalf broke free on a deep post route close to the goal line with just over three minutes remaining in the game, with Seattle behind by two scores. When Drew Lock, the starting quarterback for Seattle in place of the injured Geno Smith, attempted to pass to Metcalf, San Francisco’s Chase Young struck him in the arm. Warner’s arms flew with the pass.
After returning from his interception, the All-Pro linebacker for the 49ers laterally turned to a teammate. Metcalf threw Warner to the ground with a rodeo a tick or two after he did. Metcalf claimed he was unaware that Warner was without the ball. Warner took issue with Metcalf’s deemed needless tackle when he was not in possession of the ball. Just as Metcalf was lifting himself off the ground, he got up and gave him a hard blow to the back of his helmet. In response, Metcalf took Warner’s face mask and pushed his head back. Metcalf was removed from the game and Lenoir was given penalties by the referees. Because it was Metcalf’s second infraction of unsportsmanlike conduct this season, his sanction was the highest. The fine accountability mechanism for NFL Operations stipulates that
In three seasons, it was Metcalf’s second game-related ejection. In the closing moments of the Seahawks’ 2021 season loss to Green Bay, he was benched. This season, he has received fines totaling more than $84,000 for unwarranted roughness and unsportsmanlike behaviour. “Yeah, if you want to call it frustration, yeah, it was frustration,” Metcalf remarked following another Seahawks defeat in Santa Clara, California, last Sunday in a quiet locker room. He struck me in the back of the head from my side. I simply responded in kind to that. “I think like a defensive player when I see an interception. That’s what I was doing, since defensive guys don’t get upset when they tackle me and suplex me in that way.
“I was making a tackle for my team,” said Metcalf, who caught a touchdown pass from fill-in quarterback Lock on a smooth pass and catch in the first quarter.
Warner asserted his ignorance. He claimed that after complimenting Metcalf, he was attacked. The star linebacker for the 49ers stated, “I don’t know what happened.” “I told him that he tackled pretty well, but he didn’t seem to like that for some reason. Whatever occurred, I suppose, happened. That is regrettable. Additionally, Warner reinforced the myth that has long circulated among NFL officials and opponents—one that Metcalf claimed was not true—about what transpired on Sunday. With regard to Metcalf, Warner stated, “He has to learn to keep his composure.”
DALLAS, SMITH-NJIGBA FINED Running back DeeJay Dallas was shaking his head in the locker room after practice Saturday upon learning the league fined him $6,297 for a his late hit out of bounds on a 49ers punt last weekend.
Punter Mitch Wishnowsky of San Francisco started running early in the third quarter rather than punting. On fourth and 12, he sprinted thirty yards. The 49ers were given a low block call by officials during the run. Wishnowsky reached the sideline at the Seahawks 30-yard line, but Dallas quickly closed in on him. Wishnowsky was run over by Dallas and went down with ease way beyond the sideline boundary. Dallas was cited by officials for needless roughness. The Seahawks were able to regain possession of the ball as a result of Dallas’ penalty and punishment. The 49ers’ illegal block would have been called from the site of that foul, which was beyond the line to gain, if there had just been one penalty on the play. It would have been a first down for San Francisco.
Then, on their second attempt at fourth and 12, the Niners punted. The irony that it took him six grand to win the ball back for his team made Dallas laugh.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, a rookie wide receiver, was fined $11,473 for needless roughness during the second half of the San Francisco game. The league’s usual fine for striking, kicking, or kneeing an opponent for the first time is that amount.
