With 5:43 left in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game between the Seahawks and Rams, Russell Wilson broke out of the pocket on a scramble drill, and hurled the ball to D.K .Metcalf for a 25-yard gain. The broadcast angle showed an impressive throw and catch, but the second replay showed what really happened. Metcalf zapped cornerback Jalen Ramsey with a route you’d see in an NBA game, just pivoting and turning right around the All-Pro cornerback.
Here’s the broadcast angle:
Apareció D.K. Metcalf 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Y también vean esos movimientos de Russell Wilson 😎#NFLEspañol #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/WuJurWgZDm
— NFL en Español (@NFLEspanol) October 8, 2021
And here’s the ridiculous replay:
I mean, this was just NASTY. pic.twitter.com/W9IwBIfceT
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) October 8, 2021
Ramsey is obviously one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL, if not the best, but Metcalf has given him real issues of late, even if the stats don’t show it. More often than not when these two great players squared off in 2020, it was Metcalf who beat Ramsey either early or late in his routes, and Wilson for whatever reason unable to connect with his open receiver.
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This time around, that was not a problem. As we’ve said for a very long time, DK Metcalf is a better route-runner than some might imagine.
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Metcalf wasn’t done putting Ramsey in the spin cycle — there was this slant touchdown in the second quarter, as well.
DK isn’t afraid of a little contact. @dkm14 #Seahawks
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