The Pittsburgh Steelers won’t have a lot of time to sightsee during their Ireland trip. That’s just fine with Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf.
The veteran wideout made clear to reporters Friday that he is in Dublin to play a football game — not take in a foreign country.
“I’m not trying to explore. I’m here for the football game,” Metcalf told the media, via Steelers Depot. “I’ll see everything on the flight in, flight out and drive to the stadium.
“I’m here to play football.”
This will be Metcalf’s second career game in the NFL’s International Series. His former team, the Seattle Seahawks, played in Germany during the 2022 campaign.
The 2022 Seahawks-Tampa Bay Buccaneers showdown was the league’s first regular season game in Germany. Metcalf and the Steelers will make history Sunday with the NFL’s first regular season Ireland contest.
DK Metcalf All Business on Steelers’ Ireland Trip
Metcalf has yet to play in London, which a lot of NFL players have experienced at this point. But the receiver will have the extremely rare distinction of having played in both Germany and Ireland.
After Sunday, there will have only been five games total in the two countries combined. The NFL will have another Germany matchup, their first in Berlin, in November.
But Metcalf clearly isn’t in the mood to discover a new culture or take in any tourist attractions. As the saying goes, the receiver is treating the visit as a “business trip.”
That’s quite different from Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The veteran signal-caller said he would have had the trip fly over Monday to have a complete off day Tuesday to explore.
Rodgers also shared with reporters Friday that he loves Guinness and has always wanted to visit Ireland.
That’s not to say Rodgers isn’t also focused on Sunday’s matchup. He’s just not against having a little fun after practice as well as Metcalf appears to be.
