Hi Kevin.
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Hyde replacement?
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Originally Posted by NFL.com, same as Joe's summary
CBS Draft Scout
STRENGTHS: Offers rare size at cornerback with a lean, tapered frame, including very long limbs. Surprisingly agile in coverage, showing the loose hips to turn and shadow receivers downfield when in press coverage. Will extend an arm but isn't reliant upon landing his initial jam. A cerebral, experienced player often slid inside to play nickel duties against three and four receiver sets. Very good awareness while in zone, anticipating underneath routes and closing quickly downhill to break up passes, often providing a physical pop on contact to jar the ball free. Good hand-eye coordination to sneak his mitt between those of the intended receiver to rip it away as it arrives and has shown good ballskills to record the interception (including a one-handed circus catch in the end zone against Arizona State). Generally a reliable open-field tackler, whose uses his long arms to lasso the legs of ball-carriers. High character player who earned Honorable Mention All-Academic honors as a senior as well as the team's community service award.
WEAKNESSES: Is not as consistently physical as his size and occasional big hits might indicate. Too often seems more interested in ripping at the ball with his tackles and has too many of his tackle attempts broken. More of a grabber as a tackler, rather than consistently hitting, driving and wrapping securely. At his best facing the quarterback. Like a lot of longer cornerbacks, King needs an extra step to change direction, leaving him somewhat vulnerable to smaller, shiftier receivers. Projects best in some schemes to safety, a position he has not played in two years (and was complemented by two stellar cover corners in Peters and Jones when he did play this role).
IN OUR VIEW: Though his more touted teammates will likely earn a higher draft pick, King's size, awareness and versatility warrant top 100 consideration. His ability to play multiple roles should help King earn a roster spot in the NFL. His size is both a quality and a curse. While big enough to shrink passing lanes, King will always be vulnerable to shifty route-runners.
COMPARES TO: Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Seattle Seahawks: Teams prioritizing length at cornerback will no doubt be intrigued by King's length. Jean-Baptiste has struggled to make an impact in the NFL after the New Orleans Saints made the former Nebraska standout the 58th overall pick of the 2014 draft. King's experience at safety could make his transition to the NFL a smoother one.
--Rob Rang (1/16/17)
CBS had him 3rd best corner, 25th best player overall, first round grade.
You know, one of these days you old guys will learn to use the internet correctly :lol:
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I like king okay... no telling how dunderdummy will fuck him up.
I hope I'm wrong but yuck. We now have 5 CB's and none of them are looking like a #1.
I'm not sold on him, but I don't know why. Hopefully my gut is wrong (because I have nothing to go on besides that).
Great pick up...this guy has will be the 2nd best CB taken in this draft imo
Texans killing me by taking Cunningham.
Pete Prisco at CBS gives the Kevin King pick by the Packers an A+. The only A+ of the 2nd round. Says Prisco, "Love this kid. Love this pick. Smart move by Ted Thompson. He's a hell of a corner".
Wrong thread.
Shut down CB
Time will tell if Tedology works
I've been saying for a long time with the draft being so deep at CB you have to go with an OLB/Edge Rusher in round one cause there will be plenty of secondary help in runds 2-4. I think I was right. Plenty of very capable round 2-3 CB's and it's likely some will be as capable as King. Meanwhile the pot of edge rushers are pretty empty and it appears TT doesn't view that as much of a need and instead is using a round one and round two pick at the exact same position he went for two years ago
Consider me ET right now....calling out..............
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King is alright. He's a borderline first round talent, and we got him at the very top of the 2nd round. I like his size...having a 6'3" guy in the secondary capable of running with most NFL WRs is a luxury. Time will tell if he will ever reach his maximum potential based on his physical talent.
I did like the fact that the kid was the only guy who stuck around until Day 2 to hear his name called, spending the day working out rather than on the town. Football seems important to him. He isn't a character risk. He came out with all the right words immediately when Green Bay became his new home. While I would've preferred standing pat in the first round and nabbing a pass rusher, I think King could be a valuable contributor.
Apparently. Folks here and elsewhere were all saying we need a corner. Ted takes arguably the best one left at #33 and folks here bitch about it. I seriously doubt TT can do anything right for some. Maybe we should just tank the 2017 season so we can pick in the top 10 in 2018? Or will Ted F that one up too?
What we need is a #1 Corner. Randall and Rollins, and more to my liking, Gunter, might turn out to be decent 2nd or 3rd Corners, but unless they play a whole lot better than they ever have before, they aren't #1 Top Notch Out-On-An-Island Corners (Gunter is the closest to that of what we had last season). I don't know if Kevin King is that; I don't even know for sure he is the best Corner in the draft named King, but from what I read, I'm hopeful. On the negative side, a rule of thumb for me is that D Players from great D teams tend to be overrated ....... and what did we get? One of three first round Corner picks from the same great D team - who arguably each made the others seem better than they are.
I think a lot of folks in here missing something. A no. 1 corner and a shutdown, on an island corner, are 2 very very different things. There are very few 'island' corners in this league. There are 32 no. 1 corners in this league.
You don't find 'island' CBs drafting in the 20s every year. A lot of you peoples expectations are way over board. Good grief.
I said from day one that the Packers first need was to try and find a number 1 corner for this team, secondly they needed a pass rusher. Still no pass rusher but I gotta say at least Ted addressed a huge hole on this roster. We can't predict how King is going to turn out, so you can't really hate this pick.
Personally I thought Awuzie was the better defensive back and had more tools in his box but Ted did his job.
Happy with this pick. He's the guy I wanted with their own 2nd round pick, but maybe it was a pipe dream he's last to that spot.
Zach Cunningham almost fell to the Pack, I wonder if they would've stayed put and listened to Brandon if he had? :-)
Here's how Bob McGinn can drive you nuts. In his article on how the signing of Evans at guard freed Thompson up to use his picks to address other needs (he spells "other needs" as "c-o-r-n-e-r"), he says this about the draft's crop of defensive backs: "an exceptional scout such as Thompson recognized months ago just how talented and deep the pool of defensive backs would be."
Then, a few lines later, he says this: "It’s hard to say why Thompson was willing to take the risk and trade four slots down and out of the first round. With Tre’Davious White gone to Buffalo at 27, my sense at that point was it had to be Kevin King or bust at cornerback.
Okay...so the first point you make is that this was an exceptionally deep class at corner, then in the next breath you say had he not gotten King then he was screwed.