Usually, cornerbacks are supposed to run backwards to cover the zone or guard a wide receiver, but Benford read Burrow's play differently and executed it perfectly. Instead of going backwards, he propelled forwards to intercept Burrow's sideways pass. Because Benford propelled forward for that off-guard INT from a pass that was thrown behind the line of scrimmage, he was completely unopposed when he scored that touchdown. His pick six reminded me of Jack Jones' pick six on TNF vs the Chargers, but Benford's pick six will be more memorable because it gave us the lead. (Jones' pick six turned a 56-7 lead into a 63-7 lead.)

Christian Benford's pick six must have been one of thr coolest pick sixes of all time.
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  3. Idk if this is sarcasm but Benford was executing a run blitz, not “reading Burrow’s play”. Although the entire post reads like AI so probably just bait.

  6. Yeah that was a corner blitz. Burrow knew it was coming and did exactly what he should have done by throwing to the vacated receiver. He just didn’t think CB would of jumped.

  8. Remember when JJ Watt did this exact thing against the bills? I didn’t find that one to be very cool at the time

  11. The more you watch this play, the more it looks like Joe Burrow did this on purpose 🤣

  14. There was a similar style one by someone on the raiders like a year or 2 ago it was insane

  17. I was shocked he caught it. I thought he was just going to tip it but as soon as he came down with it I thought “get past Burrow and it’s a TD”. And it was.

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