Daily Puck Drop: Is D.K. Metcalf worth it? Guests: Jim Moore + Ground Puck Seahawks Podcast w/ Tim Booth, Seattle Times and Curtis Crabtree, FOX 13

Monday’s Daily Puck Drop, Jason “Puck” Puckett welcomes Jim Moore, who joins every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to discuss all things sports, his dogs annoying others and whatever weird stuff comes into their heads. Also on Monday’s during the football season, Puck hosts the Ground Puck Seahawks Podcast with Tim Booth, Seattle Times and Curtis Crabtree, FOX 13.  On Monday’s show, they cover, indoor baseball, betting on the wrong Canadian golfer, boring wild card weekend, looking ahead to the divisional round games, Cougars falter against Gonzaga, Jim’s dog barking and the future of D.K. Metcalf and whether or not it’s worth paying him big dollars. Puck wraps up the show as always with, “Hey, What the Puck!” Where he discusses the pressure parents put on kids in club sports. 

Timeline: 

0:00 - Opening ramblings about picking the wrong Canadian golfer, boring wild card games, how long can I keep my Christmas lights up, and why does Jim hate white cars 

 14:50 - Puck shares his thoughts of watching his kid play in a indoor baseball tournament this past weekend in Centralia 

23:45 - Wild card games were boring accept for the Commanders and Buccaneers, but the rest of the games were absolute dogs and Puck found himself napping during them. 

27:30 - Puck and Jim discuss A.J. Brown and him reading a book on the sideline and they take a deep dive into is it worth paying D.K. Metcalf a bunch of money?  They also look at the remaining teams still around and hardly any of them have a true dominant, highly paid receiver.   How serious should the Seahawks think about trading D.K.?  What could they get for D.K.?   

45:40 - Who we pulling for in the rest of the playoffs?  Puck’s heart and wallet is with Detroit and Buffalo! 

49:08 - Saquon Barkley angered the betting world in the NFL and Puck explains to Jim what happened in the Packers game, plus Jim won a big bet over the weekend by taking the Cougars and the points against Gonzaga! 

56:30 - Jim asks Puck, if the season started today, who would play third base for the Mariners?  As they talked through it they both became depressed

1:02:14 - Puck shares a video with Jim about a man walking across two buildings in Dubai on a slackline…it’s one of the craziest videos you’ll see and both Puck and Jim have a fear of heights. 

1:04:41 -  The Ground Puck Seahawks Podcast with Tim Booth, Seattle Times and Curtis Crabtree, FOX 13.  They start looking ahead to the offseason for the Seahawks and besides hiring a new offensive coordinator, what is their biggest priority.  They turn their attention to receiver D.K. Metcalf and wonder if he is truly worth all the money that is coming his way?   They look at the past Super Bowl champions and they all had one thing in common, no team with a receiver that was one of the top paid in the league.   Can they spend their money better elsewhere?  If they were to trade D.K., what would the market look like? 

1:36:14 - “Hey, What the Puck!?” Are we as parents putting too much pressure on our kids in club sports? Are we sure they are having fun?