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FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl returner KaVontae Turpin still can’t open up his phone.
Well, he can, but not without being inundated with message notifications after his 99-yard kickoff return touchdown essentially ended his team’s five-game losing streak in a 34-26 upset road win at the Washington Commanders in Week 12. To be fair, it’s a play he’s watched 20 times.
Cowboys cornerback Jourdan Lewis tweeted that “only a psychopath can be this calm and do this” as Turpin exuded an air of calm before jogging into a sprint for the score.
“When I muffed it, I was ‘Oh,'” Turpin said. “So when I picked it up, and I still had like 20 yards in front of me, I was like, ‘Man, I can make something out of nothing at this point.’ I was just calm, just being me. Being nonchalant and going out there trying to make a play.”
Ironically, Turpin muffing the kickoff actually aided his go-ahead kickoff return.
“I feel like it was good because once I muffed it, they just started running free,” Turpin said. They start getting out of their lanes and stuff like that.”
Turpin takes an unorthodox approach to kickoff returns, starting off with a slow jog instead of going pedal to the metal as soon as the football touches his hands. That’s his strength, one that’s been amplified with the new kickoff rules that mitigate the running start a team’s coverage team has coming downfield. Coverage teams being unable to pick up as much speed coming downfield creates an advantage for Turpin.
“That’s my superpower man because when I get the ball all the guys are already fighting and all this, so by the time I do my jog and by the time I get free, they’ve already run at full speed. I’m here,” Turpin said. “Once I hit the hole, [there’s] nothing they can do at that point.”
The spin move he utilized to free himself once he came in contact with the horde of Commanders on his return was reminiscent…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-11-26 00:43:00
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