Nick Caserio signed a lot of players this offseason, but only a few of them were real football players. Desmond King was one of them. He’s a bizarre player though. He’s a low leg sweeping sure tackler, alright blitzer, zone coverage sitter, who plays slot corner, but is awful at the most important aspect of playing slot corner, playing man coverage. He’s the ultimate let him do what he does best and he’ll have success player.
Pro Football Focus ranked the ten best slot cornerbacks entering the 2021 NFL season. They had Desmond King ranked sixth. This is what they had to say:
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