Man, this could have been an all-timer of an awful play by D.K. Metcalf in the Seattle Seahawks’ 23-20 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Instead, the wideout was saved by his teammates speed and execution of a no-timeout spike to line up and tie the game in regulation with one second left with a field goal.
With the Hawks down 20-17 with no timeouts and a 2nd-and-three in Steelers territory, Geno Smith completed a pass to Metcalf along the sideline. The receiver was RIGHT THERE AT THE SIDELINE … but he chose to make a move and he fumbled.
It was recovered by a teammate, but the Seahawks needed to line up, with no false start and spike it. They did with literally one second left.
Metcalf fumbles, Swain recovers and Geno spikes it with 1 second left! CHAOS!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/LsYw67yGzH
— ✯✯✯✯✯ (@FTBVids_YT) October 18, 2021
The injured Russell Wilson even made a cameo to yell at the Seahawks to move:
Russell Wilson runs onto the field to tell him to get up and spike the ball after the Metcalf fumble #seavspit pic.twitter.com/zALUXH7W8K
— Ted Buddy 🏀🏈 (@TedBuddy8) October 18, 2021
A near-disaster, averted!
With no timeouts left, DK Metcalf decided not to go out of bounds here. pic.twitter.com/JuksXBY1JP
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 18, 2021
DK Metcalf…what are you doing man? Just go out of bounds!#SEAvsPIT #SNF pic.twitter.com/3FZw3UdnNn
— Khalil Nelson (@KhalilUNCW) October 18, 2021
