The ball has a way of finding Mackensie Alexander, but he wasn't sure who he needed to give it to after the game.
As the Vikings rookie asked for an equipment manager, another team staffer offered to hold his second preseason interception from Sunday's win over the San Diego Chargers. The staffer joked: 'Are you sure you trust me? You know, Harrison [Smith] says you still don't have one [interception] yet.'
"There's more coming, man," Alexander said. "God [is] good."
That confidence from the 54th-overall draft pick should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Alexander's career or simply asked him about his abilities. In only his fledgling NFL snaps, his game has spoken for him, too.
Handed slot duties in the fourth quarter, the versatile Alexander (5-11, 185 pounds) twice draped Chargers receiver Rasheed Bailey in red zone coverage. The first Mike Bercovici pass was thrown right to him.
Dropped.
"Just read his route, ran his route for him," Alexander said. "It was too easy, so I dropped it. I was like, I could not believe he really threw the ball."
The second was even more impressive as Alexander leapt over the top of the 6-1 Bailey, bobbling another would-be drop before securing the interception with his right arm. The only problem was he celebrated on the wrong sideline.