On Monday, a new viral video is making its rounds that shows what appears to be seven Best Buy employees forming an NFL football-style defensive formation to stop an attempted robbery in the store.
In the clip, three young men can be seen slowly walking over to the phone display before each launching at the table, attempting to rip the devices and run away with them.
According to Newsweek, “While one hooded thief appears to have got away slightly before the linebackers formed their D-line, the other two bounced on their feet and then tried to run to the side before they were tackled.”
Little did the criminals know, they had a whole line of defense waiting for them.
This Best Buy has a better defense than your favorite NFL team pic.twitter.com/pBlilzeAj9
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) May 9, 2022
Best Buy employees lined up in cover 3 defense to stop them from leaving pic.twitter.com/ywCZJtq5Um
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 9, 2022
As the three young men try to run towards the exit, the Best Buy employees can be seen sprinting into defense to block them, with the employees even squatting and shuffling as if they were on the football field ready to tackle.
The video, which was caught on Best Buy’s security cameras, was reposted on Twitter by several accounts, including @BarstoolSports and @NFLMemes, which captioned the post “This Best Buy has a better defense than your favorite NFL team.”
The video has since garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets.
Folks online quickly praised the seven Best Buy employees for their quick response:
You got to give credit to the game plan, preparation, and execution.
7 dudes lined up with the bend but don’t break defense. Classic. You even got one guy going so fast he’s is turning into a phantom. I can see the soda machine through his body thanks to his 99 speed.
This dude don’t care. He’s trying show he’s in a good tackling stance for the league.
This guys lateral movement is elite.
Mfs study this play all day at orientation.
The speed of the safety coming over the top is elite.
I was most impressed by the fella in the black shirt, comes in and just blows the whole play up, blue shirt across from him does a great job of being disciplined and setting that edge.
Best buy defense is better than Brooklyn Nets.
Neither the location of the Best Buy store nor the names of the employees have been confirmed.
Sources: DailyWire, Newsweek, Daily Mail