Kevin King Has Unfinished Business With Green Bay Packers
Cornerback Kevin King was a somewhat surprising free agency retention by the Green Bay Packers some weeks into free agency.
Kevin King was one of a number of people at fault for Green Bay’s calamitous 2021 NFC Championship game defeat.
As well as that, the 2017 draftee’s injury record leaves a lot to be desired. During his first two seasons, Kevin King missed 17 out of 32 regular season games. He was healthier in 2019, only missing one game, but a quad injury hampered his 2020 season to the tune of five games.
As a result of a hamstring injury, he was only removed from the non-football injury list twelve days ago.
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Rather than be discouraged, King is using the disastrous end to the postseason as fuel for the 2021 regular season.
“I’m not the type of guy that just tries to sweep s— under the rug, you know [and then say] all right, let me get a fresh start somewhere,'” King said.Â
“No. I want to finish this with my guys, you know what I’m saying? The guys who’ve believed in me and the guys who continue to believe in me. And like I said, I’m going to do my part to uphold my side of the bargain, but … we’re here to win a Super Bowl.”
Despite drafting Eric Stokes at cornerback, coach Matt LaFleur says King is still an integral part of the team.
“I think our value [of him] within our building is much higher maybe than public perception is out there,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “He’s a guy I have a lot of faith, a lot of confidence in. I think when he’s healthy, he’s really tough to deal with, his length when he challenges guys at the line of scrimmage and get his hands on them, that’s a tough matchup for most wide receivers.”
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“You listen to all these guys who have the greatest success stories, they’ve all used those quote-unquote ‘failures’ as turning points,” King said. “In their minds, as humans, it’s kind of just evolving in that stage of life. So, I’ve challenged myself all offseason and continue to challenge myself to come out better from that situation, so quote-unquote ‘failure,’ that’s just a word.”
