Still became the second rookie in Bolts history to record a multi-interception game and return one for a touchdown, joining John Hendy who did so in Week 13 of the 1985 season against Buffalo.
His pick 6 was also the first by a Chargers rookie since 2017.
According to Pro Football Focus’ initial data, Still finished with the highest grade on the team with a 94.3 after giving up just two receptions on five targets.
One of the receptions was a chunk play of 60 yards on the following drive that would lead to a Falcons field goal, but he responded to it with yet another big play when the lights were the at their brightest.
On a third-and 12 with 52 seconds left in the game, Cousins had seemingly found his receiver Drake London for what would have been a first down.
Only it wasn’t, as Still managed to fight through the play and get a break up the pass to set up a fourth down where Derwin James, Jr., would notch the game-sealing pick.
It’s the type of sequence that has let the rookie shine in Year 1.
“That’s the thing people need to notice about him, not one play affects him,” linebacker Daiyan Henley added. “Whether or not it’s a bad pass breakup, or a missed tackle, he is a fighter and he’s going to continue.
“He went out there and did exactly what he said he was going to do, talked about he was going to make a play on the ball and made two plays on the ball,” Henley continued.
“Even three, I think that play at the end, I think that’s as big as the pick-six because it’s crunch time and he made those plays,” Henley added. “He’s a young dude, he continues to prove it doesn’t matter what your age is in this league, you just got to be a baller.”
Veteran safety Tony Jefferson echoed the sentiments about the rookie’s even-keel approach.
Not that he’s surprised about it though, as he remembers watching Still in college last year when he was a scouting assistant in Baltimore.
“Nothing really gets too high or too low for him. Somebody catches the ball, he stays the same, it’s onto the next play,” Jefferson said. “The lights aren’t too big even in big moments and big games.”
Jefferson later added: “This dude, when I was scouting last year I watched him in college and he’s always been a guy who’s been around the ball. That’s kind of his thing, he’s a playmaker. I’m happy for him, got to keep building on it.”
Even when the lights get bright, the Bolts defense knows the rookie isn’t worried about that.
And it continues to hold true in the biggest moments of the season so far.
“He don’t look at the moment,” James said about Still. “It’s not like it’s fourth quarter and he’s looking at the moment. He’s looking at it as the next play.
“I promise y’all, he’s confident, he’s smiling in the fourth quarter, he’s ready, locked in,” James added. “He said he was going to make the plays and he did it today.”