Freddie Boston of Green Bay Packers blog Lombardi Ave. knows his stuff. Not only does he know the team he covers extremely well, but he understands how other teams do business, too. In a recent article, Boston proposed a trade offer that would bring Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf to Green Bay. He had good reasons for why each team might pull off the trade as well.
The problem is that, in reality, Seattle needs more, or a trade of Metcalf (to any team under the same circumstances) should not be worth it. There is not a high likelihood that Metcalf would bring back a first-round choice from another team, but Seattle simply cannot let him go for anything less than a second-round pick. That includes if the other teams give a veteran player back as well.
Boston's proposal has Metcalf going to the Packers in return for 24-year-old wide receiver Romeo Doubs and a fourth-round choice in 2025. Doubs has been solid but not spectacular in three seasons with Green Bay. His best season was 2023 when he had eight receiving touchdowns and 674 yards receiving on 59 catches.
Proposed trade of DK Metcalf to the Green Bay Packers does not bring back quite enough for Seattle
Those are solid numbers, but they are also about what Tyler Lockett produced in 2024, minus the touchdown number.
Grouping Doubs with a fourth-round choice does not bring enough return for the Seahawks. A better idea would have Seattle moving Metcalf to the Packers in return for Doubs and a second-round choice. Green Bay should expect Metcalf to get at least 1,000 yards receiving as well as 8-10 touchdowns, and he is only 26 years old. Doubs and a fourth-round choice do not equal that.
Boston has a good point about why the move might make sense for Seattle financially, however. The Seahawks are currently well over the projected 2025 salary cap, and trading Metcalf would save $10,875,471. That is not enough savings, though, in return for only Doubs and a fourth-round choice.
DK Metcalf for a second-round choice and Doubs, who is still playing under his rookie contract and would have a cap hit of only $3,325,000. Seattle wins financially and could potentially add a high-quality player at a position of need in the second round.
Dare general manager John Schneider take a guard that high? One can dream. But, instead, he might take another running back.
