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Aaron Rodgers explains the origin of "Omaha"...

Mike in St. Louis : 7/26/2016 4:33 pm

which he attributes to Peyton Manning...

"I like watching Peyton," Rodgers said. "Peyton did a lot for the pre-snap for everybody."

"The Omaha stuff?" Simmons asked.

"That was important," Rodgers said. "That's really interesting. The root of that is a timing mechanism where his offense can get off at the same time, and then the beauty and the brilliance of it is that it goes from that word to you saw numerous times he would change it. He would have a code word that would mean it wasn't coming on the 'Omaha.' It wasn't 'Omaha, Omaha, set hut,' that was a dummy."

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Moby Grape should sue

Greg from LI : 7/26/2016 4:36 pm : link

RE: Moby Grape should sue

Del Shofner : 7/26/2016 4:37 pm : link

In comment 13045954 Greg from LI said:

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Listen, my friends!

People rip Bill Simmons,

Go Terps : 7/26/2016 4:52 pm : link

but he gets people to talk, actually talk, about interesting shit. The Rodgers interview was really good and allowed an obviously smart guy to talk without shooting one cliche after another.

I always thought Eli said it

shelovesnycsports : 7/26/2016 5:10 pm : link

First???

well done Greg

gtt350 : 7/26/2016 5:12 pm : link

a bit before your time

This thread back in January 2014

shelovesnycsports : 7/26/2016 5:26 pm : link

explains a lot.
Sean Payton's 2000 playbook? Before Eli.
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Murder

Phatbrew : 7/26/2016 5:39 pm : link

In my heart for the judge!!!

Rodgers is .....3-16 3-16

BCD : 7/27/2016 11:15 am : link

then a loud 3-16 at the snap....

It's been around

Joey in VA : 7/27/2016 11:20 am : link

Longer than that, much much longer. He got it from Peyton, but it's been a cadence, dummy call, line protection, audible as long as those things have been around.

We used to yell Omaha

cjac : 7/27/2016 3:18 pm : link

in HS on defense when there was an interception.

That was the 80s

cjac : 7/27/2016 3:18 pm : link

in case anyone was interested

AND

cjac : 7/27/2016 3:21 pm : link

yes from the comment above, i think Eli used Omaha before Peyton ever did....

Aaron Rodgers is a fairly intelligent guy

GeofromNJ : 7/27/2016 11:57 pm : link

I refuse to believe that he uttered this nearly incomprehensible sentence:

", and then the beauty and the brilliance of it is that it goes from that word to you saw numerous times he would change it."