Green Bay Packers: Re-prioritizing Remaining 2021 Free Agents

3. Kevin King

Kevin King comes in at No. 3 primarily because of the position that he plays. Otherwise, he’d be flirting with priority No. 4, given his injury history. As the old saying goes, “your best ability is availability,” however, we haven’t seen that ability to consistently stay on the field from King.

During his first two NFL seasons, King had appeared in only 15 out of a possible 32 games. And this year, he has played in only half of them. If this season he had been able to duplicate his 2019 performance or get somewhat close to it, you could have made an easy argument that after Clark and Bakhtiari, King was the next most important free agent.

Last season we saw King miss just one game, and his five interceptions were tied for the second-most in football. On top of that, he allowed a completion rate of only 60 percent on 88 targets, he recorded 11 pass breakups, and opposing quarterbacks had a passer rating of 86.6 when targeting him.

Although there are still inconsistencies in his game, we saw that King can absolutely be a productive No. 2 cornerback in the NFL. And because of that, if the Green Bay Packers could bring him back on a low-risk one-year deal, that’s worth considering. But when it comes to handing out a multi-year contract, there have been too many missed games to justify that.