jakemillar
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Earlier on, maybe 3 weeks ago I recall making some comments somewhere about how IMO, I didn't think King would be a Day 1 starter on the defense and that we needed to keep our faith in Rollins and especially Randall that they would get back to their rookie season form.
After the first few padded practices, my tune on half of this has been changed. Specifically with Kevin King. I can't recall which reporter tweeted the clip out, maybe Aaron Nagler, but it was Malachi Dupre in 1-on-1's with Kevin King. Dupre ran an incredbile route, a post-and-go that even sold me watching it, and King's movement for his size, the way he transitioned from back pedalling to running, was pretty amazing, athletically. I realize it was only one play, but a CB with his size able to move so fluidly like that, at speed, isn't something you need to see more than one or two times to know he might be the real deal.
Even if he's still a little "raw" as people say, I'm beginning to take to the idea of King being a starter as a boundary corner and just see what happens. It makes sense now, after seeing it, that that's the type of athlete that you need in today's NFL at the CB position to really flourish on defense, so it makes sense to have him out there.
Secondly, as I was scrolling through my Twitter feed during Saturdays practice for updates I read from one of the reporters covering camp (who I also forget) that Quentin Rollins was the sole slot corner with the 1's and he was "dominating" Randall Cobb all day long in the Move The Ball period(s) of practice.
I think it's appropriate that we give Rollins some love considering how much of the opposite he was getting for almost all of last year. I remember in 2015 when he was playing inside when Hayward went down, he had a few games where he reminded me of Chris Harris in the slot, just blanketing guys. Good to see him bounce back and be the guy he showed he was before the injuries and subsequent from last season.
After the first few padded practices, my tune on half of this has been changed. Specifically with Kevin King. I can't recall which reporter tweeted the clip out, maybe Aaron Nagler, but it was Malachi Dupre in 1-on-1's with Kevin King. Dupre ran an incredbile route, a post-and-go that even sold me watching it, and King's movement for his size, the way he transitioned from back pedalling to running, was pretty amazing, athletically. I realize it was only one play, but a CB with his size able to move so fluidly like that, at speed, isn't something you need to see more than one or two times to know he might be the real deal.
Even if he's still a little "raw" as people say, I'm beginning to take to the idea of King being a starter as a boundary corner and just see what happens. It makes sense now, after seeing it, that that's the type of athlete that you need in today's NFL at the CB position to really flourish on defense, so it makes sense to have him out there.
Secondly, as I was scrolling through my Twitter feed during Saturdays practice for updates I read from one of the reporters covering camp (who I also forget) that Quentin Rollins was the sole slot corner with the 1's and he was "dominating" Randall Cobb all day long in the Move The Ball period(s) of practice.
I think it's appropriate that we give Rollins some love considering how much of the opposite he was getting for almost all of last year. I remember in 2015 when he was playing inside when Hayward went down, he had a few games where he reminded me of Chris Harris in the slot, just blanketing guys. Good to see him bounce back and be the guy he showed he was before the injuries and subsequent from last season.
