I agree he's an improved player. I question your view of his instincts. Twitchy in a Combine test is not mentally twitchy. He seems to be learning by rote. Where that stops we don't know. As it stands, he's still one double move or zone brain fart away from getting burned. Of course, All Pros are not entirely exempt. It's the frequency that matters and as it stands now it is too high to call him a good player.
This week he stopped a 3rd down conversion for a loss of 1. He read the play fake perfectly. That first down puts them at the edge of FG position with 3 more tries. Likely 3 points.
He also batted a pass that eliminated a TD strike in the enzone in the 4th quarter.
He had 3 more plays that he singly shutdown the play. One on a drive that forced a punt on that series also.
He had 1 play he gave up on an inside low throw that was non defendable IMO. Even the announcer was wondering if that was planned because the pass was inside and low and perfectly thrown in his words.
I had him allowing 2 receptions that could be considered his responsibility. had 1 play on the sideline 4th quarter in terrible field conditions. The Referee slipped and fell on a play in that drive.
Those 2 receptions resulted in 2 first downs but he clearly wrapped up the defender for minimal additional gain.
9 solo
2 PD
1 TFL
He had a near career day and had repeated tackles last on players that weren’t his primary responsibility. He was very involved, unlike some others on the D.
The only reason I bring this up is that King’s been getting a bad wrap by some posters in here after what was a very solid game. I was surprised how good he played in the condensed replay and it clearly showed he routinely covered up his guy and forced the throw elsewhere. He also made good form tackles and prevented any big scoring plays. If he plays like that ever game we’re in for a treat.
