INTERCEPTED! 🤚
Buy Saints TicketsAlontae Taylor tips it, and Ugo Amadi with the INT!#Saints 📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/SU0bGegbwa
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) August 13, 2023
Take a bow, Ugo Amadi — and make sure to thank Alontae Taylor for the assist. Six months ago Amadi was enjoying himself at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, having played a part in their championship win on the practice squad. But he wasn’t re-signed in the offseason.
Instead, he landed with the New Orleans Saints and performed well in training camp as Bradley Roby’s backup to cover the slot. That positivity peaked with an interception in Sunday’s preseason game with Kansas City.
Taylor deflected a pass from Chiefs backup quarterback Shane Buechele which Amadi snapped out of the air, setting up the offense near midfield in Kansas City territory. The offense wasn’t able to make much headway, though, but punter Blake Gillikin took advantage of the field position to drop a punt at the 5-yard line.
A great special teams play by wide receiver Kawaan Baker kept the ball inbounds short of the goal line, and rookie safety Jordan Howden downed it at the 1-yard line. The Chiefs ran out the clock to send New Orleans into halftime up 17-7. And Amadi’s takeaway started the whole sequence.
