Late last week, the Raiders cut fan favorite Marquette King in a move that was ostensibly about money. By releasing the punter, Oakland saved $2.9MM against the cap, but apparently that was not the only factor. King’s personality did not jibe with coach Jon Gruden, Vic Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter) hears. 
Some of Gruden’s concerns may have been rooted in the on-field impact of King’s antics. While King is among the best at his position, he has tallied four personal fouls over the last two seasons. One of his most memorable moments came in December 2016 when the Bills were flagged for roughing the punter and King received a penalty of his own when he danced with the flag.
King’s personality won’t dissuade other teams from pursuing him. The Vikings reached out to King immediately after he was cut and more clubs are sure to follow this week.
Marquette King is funny, swag, and he’s one of the best punters. He also has so musical talent.
Just another idiot out there too.
Dude is awesome made everyone actually care about the punter this was a stupid decision by the raiders
Lets be real. “Everyone” is a gigantic stretch. He made like 12 people care about the punter.
The dude likes to have fun playing a kids game, is that so bad?
When he costs your team a game with a moronic personal foul…..yes.
Penalties in 2016….Yet, they STILL signed him to a big contract. Keep pushing that narrative though
In 2017 after a failed fake punt King threw a football at Denver fullback Andy Janovich and connected, an action that drew a personal foul penalty. Lots of player have done similar things when upset but the flag was King’s fourth in the past two seasons and he is the only punter to incur a personal foul penalty in that span. His skill set is somewhat unique but not so unique that he can’t be easily replaced by another punter who won’t draw penalties simple as that.
Punters shouldn’t dance and get any personal fouls… that being said, as a fan, I always thought it was hilarious watching him dance. I could see Gruden losing his mind over a punter getting a personal foul called on him. Best to avoid that situation if you were a head coach imo.
Gruden has autonomy to run Raiders further in the ground… personality clash my a$$
They can draft a good punter and use the other 3 mil for a real player upgrade.
You’re the punter. You’re the LAST player your fans want to see on the field! You’re the player equivalent of the friend zone.
Off the field stuff, you just wanna be a harmless goof? Fine by me.
Thanks Jon..the Eagles punter retired and when can sign King to punt for us for years to come…Cheers!
Costing your team possible field position is completely unacceptable..Especially as a punter, when your primary job and sole responsibility is to put your defense in the best possible position to succeed..
However, if King can cut out the penalties, then I’d love to have him as my favorite team’s punter..He’s funny, hilarious even, and he brings a spark of energy to your special teams unit. Not to mention, he is also a solid punter!! Plus, I imagine he’s also a great locker room guy to have around as well, and is probably beloved by his teammates.
He will go to a contending team, and he will help them win, so good for him. However, this is a huge year for King moving forward. If he continues to draw penalties, then he will get labeled as a distraction, and we all know how the NFL and its owners ad GM’s DESPISE distractions!!
Wish the best for King though, regardless, I’m definitely rooting for the guy, but for his own sake, I hope he’s able to find that line of having fun and not going overboard…
Dude had 2 penalties in 2016. Nice try though. I guaranteed his good punting outweighed those TWO penalties in 2016.
It says he’s had 4 in the past 2 seasons. Idk why everyone is making a big deal about him being cut. He’s a great punter and he’ll for sure get signed, but it’s fair to not want to worrry about your punter getting penalties.
Part of the reason why we got rid of King, was when he publicly sided with Talib, more than once, after Talib kept ripping off the chain from Crabtree’s neck. Bad teammate. We have plenty of 5th and 6th round picks this year, so we’ll get a new punter for a fraction of the cost
WE???? How long have you worked for the Raiders?
Stupid raiders
Gruden was hired primarily for marketing purposes and now they want to try to convince fans that he has a firm grid on the rudder of the ship. Unfortunately it all comes off looking rather ludicrous when it’s a punter that gets targeted by Chucky rather than a top performer on the squad.
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He hates black punters