The Center

[beveaux1]

I think his overall play is much better than mediocre. I also think a few of the plays that have made King look bad were not in fact his fault, and we just saw King trying to make up for someone else's mistake, who wasn't even in the picture we saw. Just my opinion.

That's the same opinion I have. For a 2nd CB, we could do a lot worse.

[Patler]

That's the same opinion I have. For a 2nd CB, we could do a lot worse.

… and they have done a lot worse in the past!

[Zool]

His rep in college was strong bump and run. He plays 8 yards off everyone now. The play on Kittle last night was just embarrassing for him.

[texaspackerbacker]

I have to think that our secondary coach ought to be able to conjure up some kind of zone or combo defense to compensate for lame ass personnel and front seven play. Other teams do that; Why can't we?

[Bretsky]

I'm not as down on King as many on here are.

I think King has a lot of talent; I see him as a decent starter overall but he needs to stay healthy and get consistent reps

[call_me_ishmael]

2nd round pick. No such thing as a 5th year option.

I am pretty sure I've made this mistake at least 10 times in the past year. The trade down will just never compute.

[Zool]

I am pretty sure I've made this mistake at least 10 times in the past year. The trade down will just never compute.

Only because a home town kid at a position of need to played college in state was available at the pick.

[Joemailman]

I think King has a lot of talent; I see him as a decent starter overall but he needs to stay healthy and get consistent reps

FWIW, the long play to Kittle was not King's fault. There should have been a safety in the middle of the field to pick him up when he cut to the inside.

[beveaux1]

FWIW, the long play to Kittle was not King's fault. There should have been a safety in the middle of the field to pick him up when he cut to the inside.

I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. King and Alexander began chasing Kittle when they realized an area was uncovered.

[beveaux1]

This has happened quite a bit in the past few games. I think Savage had responsibility this time but followed the QBs eyes and bit to the left. King’s responsibility looked to be the left side to the sideline. He seems to be the first to notice the blown coverage and chases the receiver. He’s done this in other games and the public blames him, when, in reality, he’s the first to notice the problem.

[Zool]

FWIW, the long play to Kittle was not King's fault. There should have been a safety in the middle of the field to pick him up when he cut to the inside.

There were multiple long ones to Kittle. The play action deep ball after the Packer TD looked exactly like he had the deep middle on that coverage. He turned to run with Kittle, turned his head the other way, and looked back about 4 seconds too late.

https://www.49ers.com/video/49ers-ji...night-football

The replay from the All 22 in this video shows it exactly. King turns towards the sidelines, Kittle turns up and in.

[call_me_ishmael]

Only because a home town kid at a position of need to played college in state was available at the pick.

No I mean literally I simply forget that they made the trade and it was a second round pick. If you asked me 100 times what round King was drafted in, I think I would say first 99 of them.

[beveaux1]

There were multiple long ones to Kittle. The play action deep ball after the Packer TD looked exactly like he had the deep middle on that coverage. He turned to run with Kittle, turned his head the other way, and looked back about 4 seconds too late.

https://www.49ers.com/video/49ers-ji...night-football

The replay from the All 22 in this video shows it exactly. King turns towards the sidelines, Kittle turns up and in.

This quote from JSOnline

King not to blame
LaFleur basically confirmed 49ers tight end George Kittle’s 61-yard touchdown in the second half was not cornerback Kevin King’s fault. King initially covered Kittle on the play, but he turned to guard against the outside of the field at the top of Kittle’s route. Kittle turned inside on a post route, finding nothing but open space in the middle of the field.
That open space shouldn’t have existed, LaFleur said, because King should have had help inside.
“They ran a keeper corner post to Kittle,” LaFleur said, “and we cut the crosser and didn’t have anybody replacing on the back side to make sure we plug the middle of the field. That was versus quarters coverage.”

[Zool]

Crazy. It sure looks like Kittle was past the back end of the zone. WTF to I know I guess.

[Patler]

I think his overall play is much better than mediocre. I also think a few of the plays that have made King look bad were not in fact his fault, and we just saw King trying to make up for someone else's mistake, who wasn't even in the picture we saw. Just my opinion.

FWIW, the long play to Kittle was not King's fault. There should have been a safety in the middle of the field to pick him up when he cut to the inside.

This quote from JSOnline

King not to blame
LaFleur basically confirmed 49ers tight end George Kittle’s 61-yard touchdown in the second half was not cornerback Kevin King’s fault. King initially covered Kittle on the play, but he turned to guard against the outside of the field at the top of Kittle’s route. Kittle turned inside on a post route, finding nothing but open space in the middle of the field.
That open space shouldn’t have existed, LaFleur said, because King should have had help inside.
“They ran a keeper corner post to Kittle,” LaFleur said, “and we cut the crosser and didn’t have anybody replacing on the back side to make sure we plug the middle of the field. That was versus quarters coverage.”

That has happened often to our CBs this year, and most often fans criticize them. In fact, GB is still a long way from fixing their safety problem.