It was a special weekend for the Cincinnati Bengals’ 2020 and 2021 first-round picks. The 2022 first-rounder helped ensure it at the very end.
The third and final snap of Dax Hill’s day came as the deep safety in Cincinnati’s prevent coverage. The New Orleans Saints needed 17 yards to keep their hopes alive on fourth down, but Andy Dalton went for much more than that. He set his sights for Marquez Callaway, being guarded by Eli Apple, down the right sideline.
Callaway and Apple got entangled as the ball was coming down to earth, and Hill, who turned on the jets just as Dalton began his release, missed his first-career interception by mere inches as he dove over a falling Callaway.