ARLINGTON, Texas — It was a long time coming for Andrew Booth, so when he got his opportunity to steal the show for the Dallas Cowboys in their preseason matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, well, let's just say he stepped into the booth and made a house call.

Having been targeted successfully on the previous drive by the Ravens, on a third-and-9 completion that moved the chains, Booth had an answer for quarterback Cooper Rush — to bait him into trying it again.

It worked.

On the very next Ravens' drive, Rush dropped back and hurled a pass toward LaJohntay Wester, with Booth in single coverage but, this time, it was a much different result: an interception returned 40 yards for a pick-six touchdown that came equipped with a sprinkle of Prime Time sauce as he made his way to the end zone.

"I had a little swag to it," Booth said of his salute to Hall of Fame cornerback and Cowboys' legend Deion Sanders. "I definitely had to pay a little homage to Deion with my first one. It felt amazing, and I always had it in my mind that I wanted to pay that little homage."

He also admitted that, yes, he did indeed bait the former Cowboys' backup quarterback into throwing that interception.

"I was," he said. "I got in my press and I had eyes on the quarterback, and he didn't, and so I was able to — I didn't want to [pass interference]. So, I kind of reached over him, but I held back, so I kind of tipped it and so I was able to get it, take it back, take it to the end zone."

It marked Booth's first-ever pick-six at the NFL level, a former First-team All-ACC talent out of Clemson selected in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings before being acquired by the Cowboys via trade in 2024.

"[It felt] amazing," he said. "... I'm going to go back and look at it. I'm going to go back and watch it, and probably watch it a thousand times over but, man, I just left room for God to work within me, you know what I'm saying? And to make it happen."

Needless to say, the Cowboys are hoping for this level of play from not only Booth, but all of the cornerbacks in that room, and especially as the injury bug sinks its teeth into that portion of the depth chart.

Trevon Diggs, the All-Pro ballhawk, is still working his way back from the PUP (physically unable to perform) list. Josh Butler is doing the same, while rookie third-round pick Shavon Revel hopes to get cleared in the next few weeks from the NFI (non-football injury) list. Caelen Carson returned to practice in July after recovering from a season-ending shoulder injury in 2024, but he has since missed the last several practices with a knee sprain caused by hyperextension.

Things got worse on Saturday against the Ravens, when both Bruce Harmon and Christian Mathew, the latter only recently signed due to injury at the position, unironically, left the game with a knee and groin injury, respectively, and neither returned.

This all puts understandable amounts of pressure on Booth and others, e.g., Kemon Hall, Zion Childress and Troy Pride, to show they're ready at a moment's notice going forward.

"All the guys, we all can make those types of plays," said Booth. "It's just getting in our little groove and getting comfortable, yeah. And we've got guys that aren't in, so when they get back, we'll be good."

And when the aforementioned names begin gaining medical clearance and finding their way back to the depth chart and onto the field, the competition at cornerback will heat up faster than pavement under a Texas summer sun.

For his part, however, Booth is worried only about what he can control: himself.

"It doesn't [stress me]," he said. "I'm just going out there doing God's work, showing up. Like I said, I can be more diligent and have more intention in my craft, so no, I don't feed into it.

"It's me versus me."