He also mentions that the message had changed from Pete. Which doesn't really bother me, but....Metcalf said he and Lockett had long watched film on their own and passed along suggestions to the coaches Tuesday when the week’s game plan was formulated.
Metcalf said their suggestions appeared to be ignored.
He said it came to a head during a Thursday night home loss to the 49ers in October.
In an incident that was noted at the time, Metcalf grabbed the headset to talk to Grubb in the coach’s booth.
Metcalf said he told Grubb that having played against the 49ers he knew how they planned to defend on third downs — “sitting at the sticks,” as he said, meaning at the first-down marker.
“I was like, ‘OK on third down we have to run past him early because they are just going to sit at the sticks,'” he said.
After a third-and-short pass play that the 49ers broke up, Metcalf grabbed the headset to tell Grubb: “Can we please run by these guys? They are sitting at the sticks on third down.”
Metcalf spoke of that interaction at the time.
In the “Get God Pod,” he indicated it had a lingering impact.
“That was the last week me and Lock did that [sending in suggestions],” Metcalf said. “The last week me and Lock did any extra game planning.”
Metcalf said it also hurt him to see the team phase out Lockett as the year wore on, which led to Lockett’s release two weeks ago on the same day Metcalf’s trade request was revealed.
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