DK Metcalf has diamonds gleaming bright from his left ear, his nose and even his teeth when he flashes his wide smile. But looks can be deceiving.

Metcalf doesn’t want any of the shine in the run-up to Steelers-Seahawks — his home debut in Pittsburgh and a rematch with the team that traded him this offseason after six star-studded seasons.

“It’s just another football game,” Metcalf deadpanned this week. “Preparing for it like any other football game because after this, gotta prepare for the next opponent. They’re next up on the schedule. That’s just how it is.”

That’s taking Mike Tomlin’s nameless, gray faces aphorism to a new level, considering the heights Metcalf achieved in Seattle and how beloved he was by that fanbase. He even seemed somewhat exasperated by fielding a few questions

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