The pressure is mounting on Vikings safety Camryn Bynum with each interception this season.
Bynum already has a career-high three picks, but he feels compelled to top each one.
Not the takeaway itself, but the dance celebration to follow.
“I have like 20 to 25 written down, but it’s tough now because they’re getting more and more viral, so I can’t let people down,” Bynum said. “Only like a few of them are worthy to do next. I have a few good ones that’ll for sure be great after. But right now, it’s a struggle because it’s, how do I top the last one? That’s the challenge, but I’m figuring it out.”
Bynum, 26, has gone viral on social media for each elaborate celebration that has followed interceptions against the Texans, Jets and Jaguars, the last one a game-sealing pick after which he busted out an imitation of Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn.
While Bynum spun around on the turf, transitioning from headstand into a kangaroo pose popularized by Raygun’s lampooned routine this summer at the Paris Olympics, he confused some of his more veteran coworkers.
“I don’t know what dance that was that Cam was doing,” defensive coordinator Brian Flores said. “I mean, I do know now, but I had no idea what he was doing live.”
“For a second, I didn’t know what he was doing last time,” safety Harrison Smith said. “Like, that looks really bad. But then he nailed it.”