Seahawks' DK Metcalf: Chasing Down Glory

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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No athlete in the NFL is quite like Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf. He’s a terrifying combination of size, and strength, and speed. But how did Metcalf become this incredible threat for Seattle? ESPN senior writer Dave Fleming tells us what drives 22-year-old Metcalf, and how the Seahawks are turning him into even more: Fleming profiled Metcalf for ESPN Cover Story, out today on ESPN.com. Then, Tim Keown talks to us from inside the Ball family compound, on the night LaMelo Ball is drafted into the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dave Fleming, I have a question for you. Do you ever talk to yourself?
0:11.5	All the time.
0:15.0	Yes, I'm always talking myself off of a ledge, actually, while I'm writing.
0:20.2	Well, I ask because the thing you wrote this story about star wide receiver D.K. Metcalf
0:26.5	of the Seattle Seahawks, it starts with him talking to not just himself, but a specific part of his
0:34.4	body.
0:35.9	Well, I love this because not only does D.K. Metcalf talk to his feet, his feet actually
0:42.2	listen and his feet do what he says and requests of them.
0:48.0	And that's what created probably the most incredible, the most viral moment of the NFL season, if not the sports season
0:55.4	so far.
0:56.0	The receiver is.
0:57.0	And this time he walked on and he's picked off at the goal line.
1:01.0	That's Buda Baker.
1:02.5	Buda Baker out and Fah.
1:04.1	Mettkaft track him down.
1:05.7	Can he chase him down?
1:07.6	And he does to save a touchdown.
1:10.2	Is D.K. Metcalf commanding his feet against the Cardinals, as he sees Buda Baker pick off Russell Wilson, he just says to his feet, okay, go get him.
1:22.4	No athlete in the NFL is quite like Seahawks receiver, D.K. Metcalfe, this terrifying combination of
1:30.1	size and strength, and yes, speed. ESPN senior writer Dave Fleming is one of the best at
1:37.3	discovering what drives an athlete. And today, he tells us how the 22-year-old Metcalf got to be this way, and how the Seahawks are turning him into even more.
1:50.0	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, November 19th. This is ESPN Day.
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