How Can The Green Bay Packers Unlock THE BEST Of Kalen King? | Film Room

Intro what's going on everybody welcome back to the Channel Jake shink here and the Green Bay Packers selected Penn State quarterback kin King in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL draft and they might have the formula to unlock the best version of him in the NFL so real quick on kin King 511 and a quar 191 lbs a 668 Ras that's not the best but the Packers have often eased on their athletic thresholds later in the draft but pretty solid numbers in the explosion drills the jumps and of course the short shuttle you see A Tale of Two seasons for kin King right three interceptions nine pass breakups an impressive pass rating a lot in coverage in 2022 but just one pass break up in an 82.4 passer rating allowed in coverage in 2023 and you see the massive differential in terms of coverage grade from PFF but as we look to the fil room here we can kind of decipher where King's best position might be and why the Packers are already making uh that move with King so let's get to the film room and take a look at kin King so when Breakdown it comes to Kin King what do we see on film I think the first thing that that you can see in terms of the physicality is how willing he is to defend the run right he will stick his nose in take on tight ends take on pulling offensive linemen and be willing to mix it up in the Run game not all Corners you know have that tenacity that that will and that physicality to come downhill and play the run like kin King can do and and really what kin King also does well is you know you see this a lot with DBS as well where not all of them are really good form tacklers and King has you know a good enough wingspan but also good enough technique and and he stays aggressive yet cautious in space as you'll see against Illinois when he's wrapping up right break down attack but also doing a good job of wrapping up he's not throwing shoulders into guys right he's not you know playing that that role of the super aggressor where it can lead to miss tackles in space no he stays really disciplined in that area but also what kayin king does really well is when he gets his eyes on the quarterback when he gets his eyes on on on kind of the route combination developing in front of him he does a really good job with instincts and closing speed and of course the physicality to finish these type of plays and it's it's littered all over the film here against Michigan right being in the right position at least to to threaten that leverage and force the ball carrier back inside to where he's got help uh with wouldbe tacklers same thing here when when the when Michigan's trying this quick screen got got to get out to defend him cuz he's going to be flying downhill at full speed and you know he's going to make a tackle in the back field here taking on a blocker you know with with with the tenacity that that he's ready to not only you know disrupt the ball carrier but throw a blocker into the ball carrier and also help make the tackle obviously this is one of his best plays on film and this has been shared a bunch but of course again Ohio State running this little bubble that they like to run King knows that that dips through this this would be blocker and of course a great finish with a tackle behind the line of scrimmage now in coverage as well what Kalen King does extremely well he he thrives when he can do this when he can get you know hands on and be physical throughout the route stem this is where he needs to be he needs to be in situations like this where he can get this this arm here on the shoulder pad of the receiver extend early in this route stem here like he's doing to prevent any chance of a receiver stacking and winning down the field with ease he he prevents it he's also really good job of of squeezing guys to the sideline and of course he stays out there as an aggressor you know he's going to play physical here against Charlie Jones again really good job getting a hand on early in this route he stays in the hit pocket and because he has a feel for where the receiver is we can turn and and find this football and show good timing at the catch point to deflect passes here against Ohio State when you can be physical like this just take him out of the play completely King does that really really well and again it's just it's when you can have this early disruption for him he just does better when he can be the aggressor rather than somebody who has to react quickly based on what receivers are going to do because he's experienced in doing these things you see him do a nice job here against Ohio State of okay you know he knows this is a vertical route I'm going to make sure I'm on top of this route not in trail techn technique but in dominant technique and be in position to potentially make a play at the catch Point like he does there now what else does King do really well we talked about kind of the instincts and the processing skill set when he sees stuff developing right around the line of scrimmage but how about when he can just open up to the play see everything develop understand okay nobody's in my zone where can I go attack and help out right good instincts here sees the tight end and then of course Limits The Yards after the catch in that big hole in the zone because he read the play here again a good feel for coverage of understanding my responsibility is the flat on this quarterback makes a nice read but because King is in a good position quarterback has to work to his second read on this play now where does King get into trouble well when he doesn't get hands on like here against Purdue you see that 40 time that lack of topend speed show up in his game this was a pretty quick stack by the receiver luckily of course King has safety help on this play but this is slowly turning into you know what looks like a track athlete versus a non-track athlete and and that kind of discrepancy in speed is going to be an issue for him on the perimeter even here against Marvin Harrison Jr he does a pretty good job staying in the HIIT pocket but Harrison again obviously a tremendous receiver good hand fighting ability but he has an extra Gear to to run away from King late in this route and that is the concern and because that is a concern and King knows knows that is a concern right he's self-aware he knows where he has limitations when you don't allow King to be aggressive in these press looks and you want him to read react and sort of mirror off the line of scrimmage these are the kind of things where he gets into trouble he has to account for the fact that Harrison can win vertically against him so he has to kind of almost cheat towards you know getting vertical that's going to leave him susceptible because he's not the best in transition either to lose on a lot of these underneath routes and unfortunately in this game in 2023 Harrison got him a bunch on this right easy vertical sell to the outside and this like kind of selling the fade here for Harrison and he just wins easily underneath on the slant obviously QB misses him that's not the point once again it's threatened with that outside release King is in defense mode already because he didn't get a hand on and he loses on this on this in-breaking slant here and and so when King is in this position and you've again was all over this this film in 2023 where he's on the defensive the entire time because he has to worry about somebody you know winning down the field against him he's going to cheat that way and he's going to give up Giant plays underneath because you know you'd rather do that than give up a touchdown so so that's something he's going to have to work on as well when did a nice job here you know kind of disrupting Harrison initially and this is from 2022 of course but what he didn't do a nice job of is finding the football in the air so when he doesn't have a feel for where the receiver is and and even here off of this rep you can kind of see where it all went arai a little bit gets quick snapped and Harrison was ready he did a good job jamming him but because he didn't you know turn and wasn't turning and running with Harrison he's still a little bit behind at this point and because strad and Harrison are on you know such such a level where where they have you know great chemistry and timing with a lot of stuff he can throw this back shoulder and King's in defense mode trying to Sprint down the field and he's not ready to find the football because he doesn't have a good feel for where the receiver is and the similar thing here where he he kind of the the length of this receiver for Maryland defeats him on this he doesn't get a good good enough job of of getting like good leverage and good positioning on him and he's worried about his positioning at this point trying not to lose down the field and then he's late to turn his head and and they're able to connect on the back shoulder and and so this Panic happens once again we're in read react mode we're not going to initiate any any physical contact you know in this look early in the stem so now he is you know potentially going to lose to a tight end down the field so now he has to recover he needs to get in good position and and he kind of panics at the catch Point tries to time it too early that's the one thing about about you know getting your head around that that's really good if you can do it because you're going to avoid penalties like that so how are the Outro Packers you know taking to King's development and maybe trying to see okay we see these weaknesses what can we do well kin King has some good reps in the slot in college you're seeing them now against Illinois where you know he gets a little opposition but a good speed turn you know on that corner route but when he can play you know physical at the top of Route stems he can disrupt and be in play and in a good position at the catch Point like you saw and the Packers have taken note of that right they've put him in the slot already in Camp he's gotten some reps in the first preseason game in the slot which you're seeing now against the Browns where he does a good job because he's a good processor in coverage he knows where he needs to be on certain zones and he can work to you know reads late in the progression and and not to mention that once he's doing that he's also good job doing a good job getting downhill locating the ball carrier and being physical and wrapping up so kin King's in a good position here with the Packers because they're going to give him more opportunities in the slot as they should and and this might where King can Thrive because if Jeff Halley wants a slot Corner who can play physical who's going to defend the run and and if he wants that slot corner to be aggressive right off the bat in coverage kin King can be that guy especially because he's got good instincts in zone as well so I hope you guys enjoyed this video on kayin King if you did throw a like down there subscribe 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