{"id":294635,"date":"2023-10-19T18:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294635"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T18:27:13","slug":"seahawks-dk-metcalf-takes-defiant-stance-regarding-penalties-im-not-gonna-change-who-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/nfl\/seahawks-dk-metcalf-takes-defiant-stance-regarding-penalties-im-not-gonna-change-who-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks' DK Metcalf takes defiant stance regarding penalties: 'I'm not gonna change who I am'"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ufeffDK Metcalf\ufeff’s 2023 season has included a couple of touchdowns, an average of 15.3 yards per reception, and enough frustration to land atop coach Pete Carroll’s board of penalized Seahawks.<\/p>\n

Metcalf has been flagged five times in five games this season (including one penalty that was offsetting), but when asked about his penchant for penalties Wednesday, Metcalf didn’t take the usual company line that typically promises to be more disciplined. Instead, he took a defiant stance.<\/p>\n

“That’s just a board to me. I’m not gonna change the way I play,” Metcalf said, via The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar. “If you look at the penalties, there’s a taunting, unnecessary roughness, facemask, holding and, I think, one more in there [illegal blindside block]. I’m doing pretty good if I look at it and judge myself on how I play and just try to be consistent and have clean hands or whatever the case may be. I’m not gonna change who I am as a player or a person.”<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, Metcalf’s unnecessary roughness penalty drawn in Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati didn’t exactly hurt the Seahawks. It wiped out a 4-yard gain earned by rookie running back \ufeffZach Charbonnet\ufeff, but quarterback \ufeffGeno Smith\ufeff made up for Metcalf’s mistake on the next play when he connected with \ufeffTyler Lockett\ufeff for a gain of 32.<\/p>\n

Still, the flag stood as part of a growing trend for Metcalf. When the penalty came down and the referee announced the unnecessary roughness penalty, it was easy to guess he’d assign the infraction to No. 14, a passionate player who has rarely shied from showing his emotions on the field.<\/p>\n

“Have you had a bad day at work sometimes?” Metcalf asked a reporter when pressed on his tendency to get caught up in the moment. Naturally, the reporter responded affirmatively.<\/p>\n

“So, that’s all I nail it down to,” Metcalf continued. “Nobody’s perfect. I’m my own person, like I just said. I’m a competitive person. I’m not gonna shy away because (Carroll) put a penalty board on the screen. I’m just continue to be me.”<\/p>\n

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