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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 814849">I've got a pretty long list of negatives on King.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He doesn't have #33 pick quick-flip hips but compensates somewhat with recovery speed and height at the contested ball.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He's often out of position in zone coverage, kinda clueless you might say.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You have to wonder with these repeated shoulder injuries how well he can play press coverage going forward</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In off coverage he shares a trait with Randall, a lack of twitchiness that shows up in a vulnerability to the inside break at the top of the route.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He has little slot utility.</li> </ul>That sounds bad, but other than the zone coverage faults he mostly gets the job done.  I've seen just as bad, if not worse, from a couple starters in these playoff games.  I think  there's a good change he can clean some of this stuff up, or compensate for the flip and twitchiness limitations with sharpened technique.  What I don't think is that he'll be a great CB, nor a really good one.  Maybe decent, starter quality if you don't make him cover #1's all day.Last but not least, he's cheap for the next 2 years, and that makes for a good risk/reward proposition.</blockquote>

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