When her touring schedule allows, Taylor Swift is a regular in the stands at Kansas City Chiefs games, where she shows her support for her partner, Travis Kelce.
But the singer’s relationship with the NFL goes beyond that and her name has infiltrated many areas of the competition. In fact, Washington Commanders player Ben Sinnott will always remember the name of the play for his first career touchdown: ‘Taylor Swift.’ “It’s something I’ll never forget,” the rookie said after his team’s victory against the Carolina Panthers.
Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury revealed that there was a play during the game that surprised the Panthers players: it was the ‘Taylor Swift’, which ended in a touchdown pass from quarterback Marcus Mariota to the tight end. ‘ Ben Sinnott and that meant increasing the partial of the match up to that moment to 34-0.
Kliff has a lot of good names for plays. Honestly, it’s easy to remember them
Terry McLaurin, Commanders player
The play had originally been on Kingsbury’s roadmap for three games before the Commanders had a chance to execute it. “Kliff has a lot of good play names,” player Terry McLaurin said. “Honestly, it’s easy to remember them. We have a signal offense, but when you see those names it makes you laugh a little.”
“We are several players who like Taylor Swift. It was a kind of group consensus,” said Sinnott, who highlighted that Swift’s songs, ‘Our Song’ or ‘August’, are his favorites.
