Punter Marquette King said that he signed with the Denver Broncos this offseason in part because of the "revenge factor" — an opportunity to play his former team, the Oakland Raiders, and the coach who abruptly cut him, Jon Gruden, at least twice a year.

But when asked about Sunday's matchup between the two teams, and a chance to face off against Gruden for the first time, King was coy.

"Who’s that?" King told Mike Klis of KUSA, a Denver television station. "I don’t know who you’re talking about."

But he's looking forward to facing the Raiders, right?

"I’m looking forward to every game," King replied.

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King, who was a second-team all-pro in 2016, signed a three-year contract with Denver this spring after being released by the Raiders. His departure came months after Gruden, the ballyhooed coach-turned-television analyst, was given a massive contract to rejoin the Raiders and return to the sidelines this year.

King has said that he never even had a chance to meet Gruden before he was released. NFL Network reported that the Raiders cut him in part because of his salary (he was due to make more than $2 million in 2018) but also "the organization's belief that the punter needed to show greater maturity on and off the field."

The 29-year-old King said after being introduced in April that the Broncos have embraced his personality.

"The cool thing about the Broncos is the people that work at the Broncos encourage you to be yourself," he said, according to KUSA. "That is real cool. Players play a lot better when they can let their hair down and be themselves. It’s cool.''

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