There's fast, and then there's DK Metcalf fast.
If you were tuned into the Seahawks' "Thursday Night Football" game against the Cowboys, you might've thought Metcalf's touchdown was playing in fast-forward on your TV.
Seattle's star WR torched Cowboys CB DaRon Bland on a post route, taking off to the races once QB Geno Smith delivered the ball. Metcalf's breakaway speed was on display as he burnt Dallas' entire secondary, chugging 73 yards for a house call.
DK. METCALF. 73. YARDS. pic.twitter.com/3ztN3eSAIQ
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) December 1, 2023
If it seems like Metcalf was running abnormally fast, that's because he was.
According to the NFL's Next Gen Stats, Metcalf reached a top speed of 22.23 miles per hour on the 73-yard touchdown. That is the fastest speed recorded by a ball-carrier since Raheem Mostert (23.09 mph) in Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season.
Metcalf just narrowly edged out Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill (22.01 mph in Week 5) for the fastest speed of the 2023 NFL season.
Hill, unsurprisingly, still has the fastest speed ever recorded in the Next Gen Stats era, reaching a blazing 23.24 miles per hour on a kickoff return in 2016.
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Once he got into the end zone, Metcalf was quick to trash talk in sign language — a new development that was a talking point going into Seattle's primetime contest.
DK Metcalf 40-yard dash time
Metcalf's speed and physicality have drawn plenty of attention since his historic NFL combine back in 2019.
Metcalf ran a 4.33 40-yard dash and while that was only the fourth-fastest time in his class, it is the fastest 40-time in NFL history for any player over 225 lbs.
DK Metcalf height and weight
Metcalf is listed at 6-4, 235 lbs.
He is the second-heaviest WR in the NFL this season, only trailing Dolphins WR Chase Claypool (238 lbs.)
