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“I think he's a complete football player,” said LaFleur of Alexander. “He brings it. A lot of corners, they don't like to get dirty. He'll bring it, in the run game as well. We feel comfortable putting him on the outside, locking somebody down.”
King saw his playing time ramp up in Week 2 after playing only 42 snaps against Chicago in his first game back from a hamstring injury.
The 6-foot-3 cornerback, playing all but one defensive snap against the Vikings, was up for the challenge. King finished Sunday with two passes defensed despite having only a few targets thrown towards his coverage all afternoon.
After dropping an interception in Week 1 against Chicago, King didn’t make the same mistake twice in bringing down a Cousins lob on first-and-goal from the Green Bay 8, preserving the Packers’ 21-16 lead.
Although the team asked its defense to make five consecutive stops to win the game, King and Alexander didn’t wilt under pressure. In fact, the two relished the notion of closing it out.
“You know by now what type of people we are. That’s what we want,” King said. “That’s our time to shine. We’re trying to thrive, not survive, when we’re out there. That’s more TV time for us to go get picks, for sure. That’s what we’ve got to do. That’s the mentality we have.”
The Packers are keeping their fingers crossed to have both cornerbacks available for the full duration of the year after King missed 10 games in 2018 with soft-tissue injuries and Alexander sat out three games with a groin injury.
When healthy, Alexander is not afraid to say he and King are the “best tandem in the league” at their position. Win or lose, that’s the mentality.
“We’re putting everybody on notice,” Alexander said. “This is a really good defense, really good secondary at that. We’re putting people on notice. It feels really good, though.”