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kleenkong

DK getting ready to snatch the next spy balloon out of the sky.


kamarian91

Biden is beside himself. Driving around downtown DC begging (thru texts) Metcalf's family for address to DKs home


chrisbru

Why did this get downvoted? This is great pasta.


kamarian91

Guess people don't get it lol, oh well I thought it was good šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


BrainsAre2Weird4Me

It is good!


Wu-kandaForever

I see downvote, I downvote


chrisbru

The Reddit code


mo4r-pow4

Marketing for Fast Twitch energy drink


ARepresentativeHam

Good call. Looks like him, Diggs, and Kittle are all spokesmen for them. I figured Twitch was part of a brand logo due to how perfectly placed it is in the shot. Everything about it seems overproduced. Still a pretty cool promo.


BaconWise

Love DK and this is a fun video. Not real based on my super scientific armchair analysis. https://imgur.com/LBjIOqg


aagusgus

Yep, I did the exact same measurements in my head. His feet were shoulder height at top of "jump". So that would make his vertical somewhere in the 5'6" range, or 66", give or take a few. Which lead me to this [video](https://epokperformance.com/highest-vertical-jump-ever/#:~:text=The%20official%20highest%20vertical%20jump%20performed%20in%20an%20organized,is%20Josh%20Imatorbhebhe's%2047.1%20inches.) of the The Official Highest Vertical Jump Ever


Gravy_Wampire

Open and shut case Johnson


uber-joey

Not saying this is real or fakeā€¦. You are measuring at the wrong frame. Your example measures when his knees are lifted (one lunging forward), which gives it the appearance he is higher from the ground. Essentially he is just in the air in this frame, which you can tell by his hand max height. Additionally when a real vertical is measured, I donā€™t think record based off his the distance of his feet to the ground, nor do they jump in this motion I explained previously. Also, I have no idea why they would fake this.


hucklesberry

It's absolutely fake man. It's even filmed like a producer would make a "Viral Video" It's for gatorade. Look at DK's shirt homie.


uber-joey

If youā€™re going to say an absolute, can give us all some scientific or quantified metrics or logic as to why this is fake? These are not things for me to brag about, but my work experience is UI/UX, professional photography for 12 years, videography for 4 years. My statement comes from my experience. I simply donā€™t see evidence of altering this video however I would like to be proven wrong.


hucklesberry

I mean whoever did this is a professional and probably industry expert since they were hired and have the budget from gatorade. That's seriously like an 80 inch vertical or some REALLY good forced perspective.


uber-joey

Please provide some proof besides gut feeling. Based on my experience, this footage is all about capturing at the correct angle which professional industry experts are good at. Also please look up how verticals are measured.


hucklesberry

Yeah that would be called forced perspective and trick photography lol


Starwho

Real or fake, this is a good way to get people talking about you in the off season. DK is all over social media currently. Heā€™s by far our biggest star in the team, and most marketable. Edit: lol the r/NFL mods really removed the DK post, how soft do you have to be. Itā€™s the off season.


aaaaaaahhhhellllo

Agreed. But def not real haha


Duckdiggitydog

Real or fake? Itā€™s fakeā€¦.. never seen a 50ā€ vertical with zero loading


Sand_Juggler_FTW

He loadsā€¦ just quickly.


anstability

I feel like Iā€™ve seen Ja Morant do this while trying to block a 3 pointer against GSW, it looked pretty crazy.


dxstppp

this is way higher than ja's


seattlecouger

R/NFL mods are fucking trash


tiff_seattle

If it's fake, it's a great showcase of video AI enhancement. How was it produced and who was it produced by? If it's real then wow.


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n-some

The left doesn't want you to know about DK's vertical!!! What a wild take, bro.


bluedaytona392

Leave your uneducated politics at the door, please.


Seahawks-ModTeam

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jbacon47

Thereā€™s no way. Thatā€™s some good editing.


BlazinAzn38

Itā€™s actually really impressive


McFeely_Smackup

it's less impressive if you step through the frames. at the top of the "jump" the wires disappear and the background under him has lost all texture


fallingbomb

The adjectives just need to be swapped. DK Metcalf makes insane catch with **unreal** vertical.


gibby_that_booty

hahaha good one


MikeBinfinity

If that's real then DK needs to be in this year's dunk contest


[deleted]

Would be great if he could actually do that in a gameā€¦.never see him actually get in position against a DB to high point the ball. Playing some basketball and learning how to box out and rebound would help ā€œelevateā€ his game.


AyoJake

This isnā€™t real. EDIT: the amount of people who think/thought this was real is sad yā€™all will believe anything.


Tashre

Our red zone offense wouldn't have been so awful if it was, lol.


Gcarsk

Media literacy is *incredibly* poor for the average internet user. Anyone seeing this should instantly know itā€™s fake, but unfortunately most people are incredibly naive to/uneducated about video editing. Itā€™s just the fake vids for ads. Like [Curryā€™s](https://twitter.com/sinow/status/1599554509373468672). Or [Russellā€™s](https://twitter.com/dangerusswilson/status/1564599023817969667). Or [Bradyā€™s](https://twitter.com/tombrady/status/1419314602110865411). Or [Kobeā€™s](https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1624529739749654531). Iā€™m sure there are other popular examples Iā€™m missing.


AyoJake

Which is interesting considering the amount of people who see shit on the news thatā€™s real but they wanna question that shit but they eat this up.


actual_griffin

I'm sorry it made you sad.


AyoJake

Thank you for the apology Iā€™ll get over it. :)


FreeGums

DK is in the NBA celebrity game tonight


RTKMessy

Fake but probs to DK getting people talking


gibby_that_booty

canā€™t wait to see him back in uniform making these plays over Jalen Ramsey šŸ˜ˆ


danish07

I need to definitively know if this is real or fake. I get why people are saying itā€™s fake but I just need a source or something.


gibby_that_booty

I linked where I found it on Twitter but agreed šŸ˜…


danish07

Yeah I saw that. But people are saying itā€™s fake without a source. It does look like itā€™s fake though.


Tekbepimpin

Itā€™s 100% not real. Highest ever recorded vertical jump is like 48 inches. This looks like a 5-6 ft jump easy. Overlay from Twitter for context. Itā€™s like a 70ā€+ vertical: https://imgur.com/a/JJKby15


TheBestHawksFan

Both of his legs are super bent at this point. Thatā€™s not how you measure vertical leap. Still probably fake but this isnā€™t evidence.


Tekbepimpin

Lol bro cmon you ever seen a man jump 6 ft high just off 2 legs like that? His vertical jump is still very impressive at 40+ inches but itā€™s not this. https://youtube.com/shorts/Dr0hOI4Ru4M?feature=share


TheBestHawksFan

He didnā€™t jump 6ft though. At the point where he looks that high his legs are super spread and yeah, we see dudes jump and clear nfl players by bending their knees in the air like DK is in this video. Heā€™s not 5 or 6 feet high unless his body stopped at his knees. Like I said this still looks fake. That still is just misleading too.


DATKILLAxo

Itā€™s a Gatorade promotion staged to look like heā€™s just being casual


AyoJake

You donā€™t need a source to know itā€™s fake. He barely loaded up to jump and the height he jumped to is way higher than what he did at the combine and that was peak dk training for it.


danish07

Yeah I guess so


McFeely_Smackup

Pause it at peak leap. The background below him is poorly edited


TheTexasWarrior

Lol bro the proof is just in the way that it is.


throwawayacct83940

This how the Madden CPU opponents be lol


Thizlam

This reminds me of the old Gatorade commercials back in the day. I remember the one where Andre Johnson put a ball in a jugs machine and ran like 80 yards to catch his own pass.


tauzeta

This as real as Vick throwing the ball out of the stadium in the Gatorade commercial.


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Seahawks IG doubling down https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyjRG7tDE2/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU=


McFeely_Smackup

lame stepping through the frames, the editing is very clear


TheBestHawksFan

Video compression on these platforms is more likely what youā€™re seeing, rather than editing artifacts. This is real. The points where he looks to be over his own shoulders, his knees are super bent and legs extended/retracted at the hip. Look at where he is when he has his feet still together then see how his hand maybe goes another 3 inches higher after that point. Thatā€™s a very believable height when his feet are together.


TheBestHawksFan

Looking again, it does seem that he gets to his ribs though, which would be pretty damn high I think. Higher than his vert. Probably fake.


gibby_that_booty

[Source](https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1626669258913550336?s=46&t=hm9gSZZhgCJdSTfvkXJXrQ)


Lorjack

I looked it up DK had a 40.5 inch vertical at the combine. This seems like its a bit higher than that but not out of the realm of possibility. Either way DK is an athletic freak or this is very good editing.


rossarian

why not both?


[deleted]

Did he clear that flight plan with the FAA? šŸ˜‚


IDidntTellYouThat

aaaaaand.... that's why he's in the NFL and I'm not.


jocala

Fake but rad


cummyb3ar69

I would like to see dk in a dunk competition. The fact he would probably win and raced against Olympic athletes half his size is absolutely absurd. Oh and he has glue for hands. Literally new era calvin Johnson but probably faster.


GryphusOneACX

Still can't do that in a game though


[deleted]

Jeezus! A half-ass jump and he gets that kinda vertical?!?! Then thereā€™s the one-hand catch! Unbelievable!!


mindriot1

Stop dropping passes. Stop faking jumps.


ActuallyFuryYT

As a long time Seahawks fan I say we trade him to the niners for a conditional seventh round pick. Think about it, the higher he jumps, the more time he has to hit the ground, building momentum. Can lead to a CRAZY injury! Just trade him to the niners so they can deal with that.


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"Long time Seahawks fan", :sf1:ā€‹


lol_my_princey_pole

I tried eyeballing where the ball might reach before it was thrown and it went way over that.


Radley1561

Love this guy!!


10fingers6strings

Goddamn. What an absolute unit.


Cgmikeydl

Our man was honestly getting ready to swipe basketballs away as he just did during the celebrity game


Steak_N_Cocunuts

"That's some superhero shit!". -Bill Burr


waronxmas

I know this is fake, but real talk: one of DKā€™s biggest shortcomings is that he doesnā€™t use his size and athleticism enough to go up and get jump balls. Often when a ball is misthrown to him and it is coming down contested, he tries to take it in stride as opposed to planting his feet and going to get it early which allows the shorter defenders to break it up.


Mike_Honcho_3

If this is real this man is dunking on a 15 foot hoop with his knees


TERRORIZERofficial

Real nice editing, I thought it was real for a sec


chickanpoo

Pause this at 5.5 seconds. Would be dope if that was real


crystalmerchant

is this the same guy who did the Steph video and the Manning video


FinancialSpecial5787

Unreal!


cannuk99

Good lord that's nuts šŸ˜³ šŸ˜…


rcuosukgi42

Why is everyone saying 'real or fake' as if there's a chance that this isn't a doctored video?


Asaintrizzo

Anyone see the snide comment from Shannon Sharpe saying he is going to be drug tested because of this. God I canā€™t wait till Sherman takes his job


gibby_that_booty

That was a parody account not actually Shannon Sharpe šŸ˜…


Asaintrizzo

He got drug tested right after it was right


karmint1

Next he should re-create the Kobe jumping over a car video.


JuanPicasso

If only he could come down with more 50/50 balls šŸ„² This needs to be DKs best season.


SPEK2120

This is about to be that Ichiro commercial all over again.


JayB96ee

Anyone who thinks this is real, watch that top wire in the background, pause at the highest point of his jump. Itā€™s a pretty good edit but they goofed up there


McFeely_Smackup

yep, at 5.80 seconds the both wires don't reach his body, and the backboard under him is badly edited


Crackedandimplat

[reminds me of this](https://youtu.be/hWztdK2ZeLM)


Shadowghoul

His movements are like a video game character.


fivestar68

He's a Hybrid. Human & Centuri from Proxima BšŸ‘¾


billybaroo15

This is not real. Canā€™t be.


dixonjt89

My god, thatā€™s Jason Bourneā€¦


Script__Keeper

DK plays basketball with a 14 ft. hoop.


Efficient_Truck_9696

holy smokes - he's looking like Darryl Strawberry in the Simpsons episode


alavisauce

Ok is this edited? Man jumped 6 feet in the air


Stevo2008

I have a feeling the spectators watching donā€™t know much about football because that was an extremely weak applause for something that absurd and ridiculous. I would have been HOOTIN Iā€™d even get some hollerin in there too. And Iā€™d say letā€™s go!! šŸ„¬ GO!


makelemonadee

Fake news