Oct 6, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) walks to the locker room following pregame warmups against the New York Giants at Lumen Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images.
If you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan who plans on attending the purple team’s Week 16 showdown at Lumen Field, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf does not want you there.
He flatly hopes you cannot get tickets.
That’s the word from Metcalf, a two-time Pro Bowler, instructing his team’s fans not to sell their tickets to Vikings fans this week. Don’t do it, he says.
“We still need them to come out and be supportive. I know in the first quarter, second or third play of the game, it got crazy loud in there. I looked around, and there were a lot of Green Bay fans. They did a great job traveling, but just wishing us 12s didn’t sell as many tickets as they did to make sure we kept the home-field advantage,” Metcalf said Wednesday, four days before the Seahawks’ tilt with the Vikings.
Last weekend, the Seahawks hosted Minnesota’s primary foe, the Green Bay Packers, and cheese fans overran the stadium, creating a faux homefield advantage at the Seahawks’ house. In short, it pissed Metcalf off.
“But yeah, man, it would mean a lot just to take this last one home and finish off the season strong so we can play again in front of them in the playoffs,” Metcalf added.
Metcalf’s request could fall on deaf ears for one primary reason: Vikings fans travel well, no matter what. Five years ago, in a game at the Los Angeles Chargers — then San Diego Chargers — purple enthusiasts overtook the stadium — so much so that it felt like a Vikings home game. And that wasn’t an outlier.
Fans of the purple team have notably traveled well to spots like Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Los Angeles this season.
For the game, Minnesota must win it and the two after that to secure homefield advantage in the postseason. Suddenly, because the Detroit Lions lost a game to the Buffalo Bills in Week 15, homefield advantage is within reach, and Minnesota “controls its fate” to obtain it.
Metcalf personally is scripting another marvelous season. He’s on pace for 1,020 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns despite missing two games to injury. His running mate, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, has lapped Metcalf for WR1, though both perform well on Sundays.
Whether Vikings fans grab tickets in mass fashion or the Seahawks faithful heed Metcalf’s advice, Minnesota is favored to win by three or four points.
Minnesota hasn’t won a game at Seattle since 2006, losing five straight at the venue.
Vikings fans can buy tickets for the game here.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
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