Steelers star DK Metcalf's social media post signals excitement as NFL suspension ends ahead of playoffs

The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to nan NFL playoffs aft a thrilling extremity to Week 18, and 1 of their stars is intelligibly happy because he wasn't allowed to play successful nan team's important last regular-season games owed to a suspension. 

D.K. Metcalf was suspended 2 games for swiping astatine a instrumentality during nan Steelers' crippled against nan Detroit Lions, and his 2025 play readiness came down to a 44-yard section extremity by Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop connected Sunday nighttime to find who would triumph nan AFC North and who would beryllium heading location for nan year. 

Loop's footwear went wide right, and successful turn, Metcalf will beryllium suiting up against nan Houston Texans connected "Monday Night Football" during nan Wild Card Round. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers' DK Metcalf sits connected nan chair during nan 2nd half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Detroit Lions, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)

Metcalf decided to station a skit by comedian Druski to his Instagram Story connected Monday, which expressed his happiness. In nan skit, Druski is playing a characteristic who was conscionable released from jail, which Metcalf is intelligibly comparing to his two-game suspension. 

Druski is gathering up pinch friends again successful nan skit, while saying "demon home." Metcalf apt will consciousness nan aforesaid measurement heading into nan Steelers' installation this week to hole for their playoff game. 

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The Steelers didn't person to dream that Loop missed that footwear connected Sunday nighttime to find their playoff spot, arsenic a triumph complete nan Cleveland Browns successful Week 17 would've sealed nan deal. But without Metcalf, Rodgers and institution had a difficult clip against nan Browns' defense, which included 3 passes from nan four-time MVP backmost to Marquez Valdes-Scantling astatine nan extremity of nan crippled that each went incomplete successful nan extremity zone. 

Steelers fans couldn't thief but deliberation what mightiness person happened if Metcalf was nan 1 getting those slice balls for illustration he has each season. 

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf (4) warms up earlier nan crippled against nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Aug. 16, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

Instead, Week 18 mattered arsenic nan Ravens defeated nan Green Bay Packers and made nan matchup a winner-takes-all script astatine Acrisure Stadium. Luckily for Metcalf, his teammates picked him up, including Calvin Austin hauling successful nan game-winning touchdown pinch 55 seconds near successful nan 4th quarter. 

However, nan Steelers were connected pins and needles aft trusty kicker Chris Boswell shanked nan other point, leaving nan Ravens nan chance astatine nan walk-off field. 

Pittsburgh escaped pinch nan victory, but nan situation gets moreover greater now arsenic they will person to look nan Texans, nan NFL's champion defense successful yards allowed per crippled (277.2) and second-best successful points allowed (17.4). 

Pittsburgh Steelers information Jabrill Peppers (40) reacts aft Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop (33) missed a section extremity effort successful nan 2nd half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, successful Pittsburgh.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Metcalf will beryllium relied connected by Rodgers and nan remainder of nan Steelers' discourtesy to get nan occupation done, and though he's joking a spot now, he surely understands nan unit that comes his measurement successful nan playoffs. 

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