King to IR and then Released

[fightinredantz]

King to IR and will be released once healthy. I will look for a link here in a while.

 

[fightinredantz]

This is a free agent acquisition that was a fail. We will see what the practice squad guy can do.

 

[Draft Crazy]

ESPN is reporting it.

Wadman promoted.

King will be released once healthy.

Not a huge deal to me, but a letdown nonetheless.

King obviously has some issues that rub the staff the wrong way.

Jon Gruden is laughing.

Wouldn't release a good punter 4 weeks in just due to struggling at punting. This is more then just poor play.

Vance Joseph really called him out after last game. Something more went on here.

 

[LGM]

Vance Joseph calling out a punter for two weeks after poor play shows me as much about Vance as it does about King.

 

[CEH]

Elways FA acquisition have sucked so far
2 released
1 injured
1 sucks at QB so far

 

[SpringStein]

Someone must have really ticked King off - remember the interview from last summer when he talked like he didn't want to be here? Like DC said, this is more than about performance. (although it is possible he dogged it to get released.)

 

[Orange Crush77]

Elway offseason moves were junk. We traded Talib, because we couldn’t “afford him”. And signed a bunch of garbage in his place. At least with Talib, our defense would be dominant from front to back

 

[58crash]

never mind

 

[58crash]

never mind

 

[SpiritOf77]

Pound for pound, King has been the biggest disappointment

I was hoping to see these booming, field position flipping punts that would allow the pass rush to then take over - like the beginning of the Ravens game

While this is disappointing, it's tough to blame Elway -- when King was released, he was considered a Top 3 punter and had the tape to prove it .. The fact that Gruden had not even met with King seemed as if King was being unfairly targeted - so with all the rivalry aspect and the fact that King had been a very good punter, I can;t blame Elway for wanting to get better at the position ..

I agree with DC on this - there's something more going on here

 

[Orange Crush77]

King is a dick and a malcontent

 

[SpiritOf77]

One thing that I hope doesn;t bite us is the fact that Wadman has never played in an NFL game - and I assume in addition to punting duties, he'll be the holder for McManus on FGs

McManus has been perfect, and I hope this change doesn't effect his kicking

 

[SpiritOf77]

I watched a few vids of Wadman - some were a little shaky, but here he looks pretty good

 

[cdumler7]

Something to keep in mind with this is that King has been dealing with an injury to his groin since OTA's. Sounds like it has gotten worse as the season has progressed. So it wasn't all just because he was sucking at his job and rubbing people the wrong way.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Sounds like he has a sports hernia.

But it would seem obvious there is a little more going on with him if we release him once healthy as reported.

 

[Mingo]

McManus deserves to kick for a real football team.

 

[Draft Crazy]

King was released today with an injury settlement.

 

[Mondo Jay]

I guess he can ride off into the sunset now.