PFF loves Desmond King

[ichawk24]

Pro Football Focus
9 hrs ·
Desmond King was the 20th CB drafted and finished 3rd in overall grade among the rookie CB class! Why did he outperform so many drafted above him? Take a look:

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[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

Which guy was the one drafted before him that was from Lamar? Probably one that didn't play. That was ridiculous then and still is now, taking him over D-King

 

[Dick Rambone]

you just know the Chargers front office guys when hanging with other teams executives over scotch and cigars give those guys crap for days for letting them draft Dez in the 5th

 

[dbrocket]

Tangent: I really wish there was some mechanism in place for guys who outplay their draft position to get paid sooner. It's ridiculous that a guy like Dez will make less his whole 1st contract because NFL teams dropped the ball with their evaluations.

 

[H4wkfan4life]

Because apparently most teams thought looking at numbers on paper was more important than watching him play

 

[dbrocket]

Even the chargers didn't draft him until the 5th round. It's not like that was their 1st pick. Every team underestimated him - or counted on every other team underestimating him.

 

[And1Hawk]

King can ball as we know very well but it does go to reason that he ended up on a team with the ideal scheme and spot for him (inside slot corner) that plays to his strengths not his weaknesses. Still laughable that he went round 5.

 

[C/Seahawk]

Which guy was the one drafted before him that was from Lamar? Probably one that didn't play. That was ridiculous then and still is now, taking him over D-King

The Broncos drafted a CB from Lamar in the 3rd Rd and he was terrible this year in the limited action he received. As a Bronco fan and season ticket holder, I was furious with the selection of the Lamar CB in the 3rd and every other pick into the 5th rd, they had ample opportunity to get King. Elway's results in the past five drafts have been disastrous. Its pretty amazing how certain guys fall through the cracks despite the production on the field. Comical how many cornerbacks and safeties were drafted ahead of King.

 

[ichawk24]

PFF has him #4 on their
10 record-breaking rookies from the 2017 NFL season

PFF Era Records Broken: Most sacks by a rookie cornerback, most defensive stops by a rookie cornerback, highest run-stop percentage by a rookie cornerback

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-10-record-breaking-rookies-from-the-2017-nfl-season

4. DESMOND KING, CB, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

PFF Era Records Broken: Most sacks by a rookie cornerback, most defensive stops by a rookie cornerback, highest run-stop percentage by a rookie cornerback

In a season that was somewhat overshadowed by some of the “bigger names” at the cornerback position, the former Iowa Hawkeye quietly produced an extremely productive rookie campaign that saw him ranked third among rookie cornerbacks with an 86.5 overall grade. As PFF’s Billy Moy mentioned, King spent 95.5 percent of his snaps from either the slot cornerback or linebacker position, which allowed him to showcase his skills as a run defender, an productive blitzer and an overall defensive playmaker. At the close of the regular season, King had produced a whopping 36 defensive stops (solo tackles that constitute a ‘win’ for the defense), four sacks and tallied a run-stop percentage of 5.9 percent, all of which broke PFF era records among rookie cornerbacks. With such an impressive rookie season in the books, it’s hard to make a case against King being the steal of the 2017 NFL draft.