Things are moving quickly for the Broncos and punter Marquette King. Denver is expected to sign him to a three-year deal, a source tells Mike Klis of 9News (on Twitter). The contract is worth $7MM, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). The base value of King’s deal is worth just $2MM, Nicki Jhabvala of The Denver Post tweets, so he’ll have to hit certain incentives in order to realize the full $7MM potential value of his deal.
King was released by the Raiders late last week without much warning. Apparently, new head coach Jon Gruden was not a fan of King’s outspoken personality, but that did not dissuade other contenders from expressing interest in him. The Vikings quickly got in contact with King and it did not take long for the Broncos to get down to brass tacks with his agent.
King is perhaps the league’s best known punter thanks to his persona and is also among the very best in terms of performance. The Broncos have revamped their special teams unit this offseason and the addition of King is the latest, and perhaps most impactful, shakeup.
In 2017, King’s 47.4 yards per punt average was the sixth-highest in the NFL and his net average of 42.7 per try placed him third, behind only Brett Kern (Titans) and Johnny Hekker (Rams).
With King on board, the Broncos will likely shop incumbent punter Riley Dixon.
Why am I more excited about this than signing Keenum? Lol
him wanting to sign with denver just to “stick it” to the raiders shows his childish type of mentality.
So he cant sign with another team in the AFC west that wants him? How dare he!
Actually, it shows the competitor in him. NICE try though
I’m certain the high altitude was something that King considered as a definite plus in his deliberations. Bronco kickers have hit FGs of 63 and 64 yards, so we know the ball really travels well in that thinner air.
How is that childish? Oakland released him so he gets to choose wherever he wants to go. Denver jumped on the opportunity to sign him, so I don’t see how it’s childish on King. That’s a stupid comment to make
But I love it!
typical raider fan
What’s funny is that he should be mad at Gruden who cut him for stupid reasons. He’s probably one of those “fans” who were upset when the news came out and are now outraged cause he signed with a division rival lol
Glad Denver sign him forget Oakland
Revenge!!!
His average in Denver will go way up due to that Altitude. Unless the Balls are stored in the same place the Baseballs are stored at Coors Field. In a Humidor. The punt game is very fickle these days. Its not like the old days when your punter was lucky to Average around 40 yards Gross per punt. Now the average is around 44 or 45 yards Gross. And no one goes for the Coffin Corner any more. They all try to punt it to like the 5 and hope one of the Gunners will get down there and down it for them before it goes into the end zone. I like the CFL rule better No Fair Catches!!! You have to return everything. I liked King and think Gruden was Stupid to get rid of him. I would look for the Raiders to draft at some point J.K. Scott or one of the other Top College Punters or maybe Gruden can find some Aussie!!!!!!! to do the job.
Crikey! I’m trying to visualize Chucky recruiting an Aussie punter with Foster’s Beer and Vegemite. Does Hugh Jackman have any free time to moonlight?