GREEN BAY, Wis. – That Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry went with Jaire Alexander, Kevin King and Eric Stokes as his three cornerbacks on Monday night wasn’t a surprise.
What was a surprise is how Barry deployed that trio.
Rather than using Alexander exclusively as his slot cornerback in place of Chandon Sullivan, he split the playing time between Alexander and King.
King’s not exactly a prototypical slot cornerback because it’s not a great matchup against prototypical slot receivers. When you think of a slot receiver, you tend to think of someone like veteran Randall Cobb or rookie Amari Rodgers.