{"id":364227,"date":"2025-12-22T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/364227\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:59:08","slug":"report-dk-metcalf-previously-reported-same-lions-fan-to-seahawks-security-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/364227\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: DK Metcalf previously reported same Lions fan to Seahawks security in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The confrontation between Steelers receiver DK Metcalf and a Lions fan during Sunday\u2019s game was apparently not the first interaction between the two individuals. <\/p>\n<p>Per NFL Media\u2019s Tom Pelissero, Metcalf previously reported the same fan to Seahawks security last season while still playing for the club. <\/p>\n<p>Pelissero adds that a source close to Metcalf said the fan \u2014 who identified himself to the Detroit Free Press as Ryan Kennedy \u2014 called Metcalf\u2019s mother a derogatory word and then called Metcalf \u201csomething we both know you don\u2019t call a Black man.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The fan, however, claims Metcalf was upset about being called his legal name instead of his common nickname, DK. <\/p>\n<p>Metcalf was able to play the rest of Sunday\u2019s win over Detroit, though <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/dk-metcalf-avoids-reporters-after-game-mike-tomlin-has-no-comment-on-metcalf-fan-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he ducked reporters<\/a> after the contest in the locker room. Head coach Mike Tomlin also declined to comment on the situation. <\/p>\n<p>The league is reviewing the incident and could hand down discpline as soon as Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The confrontation between Steelers receiver DK Metcalf and a Lions fan during Sunday\u2019s game was apparently not the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-364227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}