{"id":205224,"date":"2025-07-14T00:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/205224\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T00:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:48:27","slug":"dk-metcalf-swings-helmet-at-teammates-head-as-seahawks-tempers-boil-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/205224\/","title":{"rendered":"DK Metcalf swings helmet at teammate\u2019s head as Seahawks\u2019 tempers boil over"},"content":{"rendered":"

RENTON, Wash. \u2014 The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> had their most physical practice of the Mike Macdonald era on Wednesday, including a post-play fight that resulted in receiver DK Metcalf<\/a> swinging a helmet and hitting a teammate in the head.<\/p>\n

Metcalf\u2019s helmet swing in the direction of cornerback Tre Brown<\/a> \u2014 one of several melees Wednesday, Day 13 of training camp \u2014 was captured on NFL Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fisticuffs began earlier in the day. Brown engaged in pushing and shoving with receiver Jake Bobo<\/a>, who ended up losing his helmet. Brown punched Bobo in the face, and there appeared to be blood on the receiver\u2019s jersey after the scrum.<\/p>\n

In the next drill, linebacker Tyrel Dodson<\/a> and tight end Pharaoh Brown<\/a> shoved each other and got tangled up during a goal line drill. Brown seemed upset that Dodson hit running back Ken Walker III<\/a> after the play was finished. The very next snap led to the Metcalf<\/a> and Brown fight.<\/p>\n

Brown pushed a hand in Metcalf\u2019s face, and while he walked away, the two began arguing. Metcalf then reversed course, charged Brown, ripped off his helmet and swung it. But instead of hitting Brown, Metcalf connected with the top of safety K\u2019Von Wallace<\/a>\u2019s helmet, which, as is now required for most players, was covered with a soft-shell Guardian Cap<\/a>. Wallace, who was trying to diffuse the situation, did not appear injured and participated in the rest of the practice.<\/p>\n

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Metcalf had several on-field skirmishes in games last season, drawing five personal foul penalties (two were declined), including an ejection against the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> after a fight with linebacker Fred Warner<\/a>. It was the second ejection of Metcalf\u2019s five-year career (his first came for a fight with the Green Bay Packers<\/a> in 2021).<\/p>\n

Macdonald gathered the team after Wednesday\u2019s incident and addressed them, presumably telling them to tone down the violence. Dodson briefly left the field but later returned and had no further issues. Metcalf and Brown continued practicing as well.<\/p>\n

The rest of the practice continued without issue for about 30 minutes until cornerback Carlton Johnson<\/a> and receiver Dee Eskridge<\/a> nearly came to blows and had to be separated. Minutes later, outside linebacker Derick Hall<\/a> and rookie guard Christian Haynes<\/a> were removed from practice as Macdonald intervened while they were engaged in a shoving match during a drill between offensive and defensive linemen.<\/p>\n

Appearing afterward on NFL Network, Macdonald attributed the heated practice to players being \u201ctired of going against one another\u201d after two weeks of training camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re right on the line right now,\u201d he added. \u201cI think the guys realize that. Hey, let\u2019s take care of one another. Definitely don\u2019t want people fighting out here, especially against our own teammates. Then DK gave a great message at the end of practice, just kind of putting everything in perspective. The guys finished it out the right way. So, proud of our guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what his own message to the team was, Macdonald said it was \u201cpositive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the guys are in a good spot,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut just remind them why we\u2019re out here, what we\u2019re trying to get accomplished, take a deep breath and let\u2019s finish practice the right way. And we did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Required reading<\/p>\n

(Photo: Jane Gershovich \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RENTON, Wash. \u2014 The Seattle Seahawks had their most physical practice of the Mike Macdonald era on Wednesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,6,238,237,261,2635,3207],"class_list":{"0":"post-205224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seahawks","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-seahawks","13":"tag-seattleseahawks","14":"tag-top-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114848838794844749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}