Through five games, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. had only played in four snaps at cornerback. All of those came in week five after Akayleb Evans dinged up his knee.
Once week six came around, Evans was healthy but Booth played 26 snaps in the Vikings’ big dime package (three safeties, three corners) while rookie cornerback Mekhi Blackmon only played one snap.
Defensive coordinator Brian Flores spoke highly about Booth in his media availability on Wednesday.
“He has done a really good job at practice,” said Flores. “We’d kind of seen that over the course of let’s call it two to three weeks. And Mekhi had been playing well, too, but we just felt like hey let’s get Andrew an opportunity, and I thought he did a nice job with his snaps throughout the game. He had some good tackles, coverage was competitive.”
After a rough start to his career including a torn meniscus, Booth seems to be on the right track. He allowed just one catch for seven yards against the Bears and gained some valuable experience that is much needed.
Is this the precursor for his breakout? We will find out soon enough, but its a good sign nonetheless.
