The Pittsburgh Steelers’ biggest story in free agency is their surprising aggressiveness in signing WR DK Metcalf, whose contract makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in franchise history. My goal today is to use a statistical approach to see how Metcalf has performed the last three seasons compared to the top-paid players at the position currently via Over The Cap.
First, I wanted to see where Metcalf stacked up among WRs at an average yearly value of 15 million or more in receiving and run-blocking grades from PFF. I averaged those numbers for the last three seasons, along with total snaps over the span as their dot sizes.