Up till final week, Seattle Seahawks large receiver DK Metcalf had finished extraordinarily effectively to keep away from a number of the pointless roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties he’d been vulnerable to drawing in earlier seasons.
Metcalf was docked $22,511 for his on-field skirmish with Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson simply previous to the two-minute warning within the first half of Seattle’s 6-3 win over Chicago. There was an change of phrases, adopted by a shove of the helmet after which a headbutt. Predictably, Metcalf drew a pair of 15-yard penalties however just one was assessed.
The excellent news inside the context of that recreation was Seattle overcoming the penalty and scoring what proved to be the profitable area aim.
That is Metcalf’s second effective of the season, having beforehand misplaced $11,255 for an pointless roughness infraction in opposition to the New York Giants. Metcalf had penalties in every of the primary 4 weeks of the season (together with a pair of offensive move interference calls), however he hadn’t been flagged from Week 5 up till Week 17.
At the least solely getting fined twice is a big enchancment from the six he racked up in 2023.
Nobody on the Bears was fined for that incident, and this was the one effective for anybody on both staff.
