Andy Dalton Pick-6 to Marco Wilson Jump

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Andy Dalton Pick-6 to Marco Wilson Jump, also known as Marco Wilson Flip, refers to a viral video, GIF and image macro of Arizona Cardinals player Marco Wilson jumping and doing a front flip into the endzone for a touchdown as New Orleans Saints quarterback Andy Dalton looks frustrated in the foreground due to the fact that he just threw his second interception of the October 2022 game, resulting in a pick-six. The NFL meme sparked viral interest within football meme circles on Reddit, Twitter and Instagram as meme creators object labeled both Wilson and Dalton.

Origin

On October 20th, 2022, the Arizona Cardinals played the New Orleans Saints in the opening half of the 2022-23 NFL season.^[1] The Cardinals eventually got the victory (42-35), mostly due to two pick-sixes that occurred in back-to-back possessions just before the end of the game's first half.^[1]

At 9:34 p.m. EST on October 20th, 2022, Twitter^[2] user CincyBombs posted the first known screenshot of Cardinals player Marco Dalton's front flip into the endzone following Dalton's second pick-six. CincyBombs captioned the image, "The summary of Andy Dalton in primetime games," and received over 120 likes in less than a day (shown below).

One minute later on October 20th, 2022, Twitter^[3] user TrainIsland tweeted the video of the play, captioning it, "this camera angle is absolute poetry," and receiving roughly 3.9 million views and 99,000 likes in less than a day (shown below). TrainIsland's tweet inspired the most amount of reactions and memes going forward.

Spread

Thereafter, the video inspired memes across social media platforms. For instance, on the night of October 20th, 2022, Redditor keithohara posted the video to the /r/nfl^[4] subreddit, gaining roughly 17,900 upvotes in less than a day. Minutes later, Redditor Spooped shared a square-cropped screenshot of the moment to /r/MemeEconomy,^[5] gaining roughly 1,100 upvotes in less than a day (shown below, left). The Twitter^[6] account of SportsCenter also posted the screenshot, captioning it, "This is art 🎨," and gained roughly 5,100 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).

Multiple NFL meme creators and NFL meme pages started uploading their takes on the image and video. For instance, on October 20th, 2022, the Instagram^[7] page nflhatememes captioned the GIF, "This is the most Andy Dalton GIF ever," in a carousel post that received roughly 24,900 likes in less than a day (shown below, left). On October 21st, the Instagram^[8] page ghettogronk compared the image to Wade-LeBron's Dunk Picture, gaining roughly 94,200 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).

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