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Saints Defending Amari Cooper refers to a photo of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper attempting to catch a long pass while being covered by four New Orleans Saints. After the moment happened, Twitter users began to use the photo as an object labeling template in Cooper and the ball are generally represented as a person struggling to achieve a task while the four Saints players represent distractions and struggles.

Origin

On September 29th, 2019, the Dallas Cowboys played the New Orleans Saints on NBC's Sunday Night Football. Down two points with seconds to go in the fourth quarter, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott threw a long, desperate pass in the vicinity of wide receiver Amari Cooper, who was covered by four Saints defenders. The pass was incomplete. Twitter user @cjzero tweeted a GIF of the moment (shown below).

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After the moment, @cjzero^[1] posted a screenshot of the moment, saying "You can do things with this," implying that the image had potential as a meme (shown below, left). They then posted an object labeling meme with the picture, gaining over 4,300 retweets and 12,000 likes^[2] (shown below, right).

Others joined in the meme on Twitter. Other popular examples include posts by @darrenlwood,^[3] who gained over 710 retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, left), and @nick_pants,^[4] who gained over 240 retweets and 2,200 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Twitter Events^[5] and ThisIs50.^[6]

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Various Examples

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