Falcons’ Matt Ryan cites Oprah during ‘audible’ on Sunday
AP photo of Matt Ryan during the Falcons-Vikings game. In this place, he fumbled but recovered the ball.
How about this for a strange Oprah reference?
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was caught yelping “”Four-Oprah!” to his offense during the team’s 24-14 victory over the Vikings on Sunday.
He said this during an “audible.” In football terms, an “audible” alerts a quarterback’s teammates that he’s changing a play at the line of scrimmage when he notices something different in the other team’s defensive coverage.
James Duthie, a broadcaster for Canada’s The Sports Network, overheard Ryan’s “Oprah” call.
“I thought I was hearing things, but the guys on the broadcast [Brian Billick and Thom Brennaman] mentioned it briefly in passing,” Duthie told the New York Post. “And a couple of plays later I heard it again. It was bizarro.
“I actually like the fact that they have a little creativity. They can really say anything they want at the line [during an audible] and it’s usually mumbo-jumbo, letters or ’slant this, post this, corner that.’”
The Falcons declined to comment.
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DC
November 30th, 2011
12:59 pm
Also you know those big clear satellite looking things..those are mics so they can pick up on the commentary on the field and hear those big hits….no matter the stadium…and no matter the noise level…those mics can pick it up..they just chose to stay on the falcons b/c they were yelling crazy stuff out at the line of scrimmage.
Got 2?
November 30th, 2011
1:00 pm
DC…fans should be quiet while home team is at line of scrimmage, but never should it be that quiet to hear so clearly on tv…..He made good point too many empty seats.
Got 2?
November 30th, 2011
1:04 pm
Still willing to take your tickets if not using them…..and there are apparently MANY people not using their tix
DC
November 30th, 2011
1:11 pm
Watch a green bay game…those fans are crazy..but you’ll see how smart they are when rodgers is conducting his offense. Again they had mics on the sidelines that pick up everything. If you watch showtime they use that sound bites for their nfl show. Yes there are fans missing in the stadium..but thats at most stadiums in this economy…not all..but most.
Dr. Warren
November 30th, 2011
1:57 pm
I’m a lifelong Falcons fan, very intense about it, and I actually found this post interesting. Adds a bit of humor to signal calling, which I’ve always considered a very dry part of the game.
Rodney Ho
November 30th, 2011
2:19 pm
@T.I. You’re a class act all the way.
carla roqs
November 30th, 2011
3:06 pm
#1- rodney, STOP justifying yourself to these nuts. kimz is awful on everyone’s blog and not just racially, not black and white, not male and female, just..period. yes, please keep an eye on the blog- kinda ugly the other day- but under your radio and tv talk column, we support you and can take on your detractors. no worries. #2, people– football is tv and it is entertainment. #3- t.i. : wowww, so what does that make you? a non paid commentor on mr paid writer rodney ho’s blog. oooooh
Dr Flenderson
November 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
He should still have an understanding about what he is blogging about. He knows his understanding of the game is limited. he admitted it. To take that lack of knowledge and the criticism from it, the turn it in to something racial is reprehensible.
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November 30th, 2011
3:22 pm
[...] ‘Oprah’ on the field [...]
Hugh Jass
November 30th, 2011
3:45 pm
Ya’ll quit hating on RoHo. He does a great job here. Find somewhere else to troll.
Steelbill
November 30th, 2011
3:58 pm
Can anybody define the term ‘Racist’? I think not. Besides, how can Atlanta have racism when it is 95% black?
Cyber
November 30th, 2011
4:20 pm
“Can anybody define the term ‘Racist’? I think not. Besides, how can Atlanta have racism when it is 95% black?”
based on racial intolerance; “racist remarks”
racial – of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; “racial differences”; “racial discrimination”
2. racist – discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
LOL Racists come in all colors and from all parts of the world.
KimZ'sPackage
November 30th, 2011
5:39 pm
carla roqs…………..What OTHER blog do you see me on? I post once in a great while on here and the Buzz. You don’t know what you are talking abut in reference to my posts. Find more than 20 different blogs I posted on this year.
gofigure
November 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
If you use the same audible every the other team will know the play. Baseball players do it all the time. Who cares.
jay
December 1st, 2011
2:18 am
@ Dennis: I PLAYED FOOTBALL but I guess you would know more than me because the only excerzise you get is sitting on your fat @$$ on Sundays bicep curling Nachos while you WATCH the games.
jay
December 1st, 2011
2:19 am
Dennis I PLAYED FOOTBALL but I guess you would know more than me because the only excerzise you get is sitting your fat aZZ on the couch on Sundays bicep curling nachos while you WATCH the games.
jay
December 1st, 2011
2:22 am
Dennis are you an idiot? It’s football not tennis. I know the crowd doesnt make as much noise when the home team is on offense but point to ONE other game this year where you can CLEARLY here what the quarterback is saying when he’s calling signals?
jay
December 1st, 2011
2:23 am
test
Shadowman
December 1st, 2011
6:25 am
KimZ forgot to add “rich”..to the Oprah description…
david
December 1st, 2011
8:21 am
carlaroqs thinks she is the blog judge. happens all the time
carla roqs
December 1st, 2011
9:10 am
david, i am . zimz, out of every comment i have seen you make over the last year or so, maybe one was positive. you are one of the most negative commentors i have ever seen. and when i are positive, you are soooo positive that i have complimented you on it. i did not see what you wrote on this blog and i do not really care, i just know that you are generally negative and i hit a lot of blogs. i get negative too, and sometimes i get mad, but dang, i kinda try to not let my FIRST comment of the day on that blog come out that way. you insult a lot of people and generally people just let it slide. i guess rodney didnt this time. not my problem. #herecomesthejudge
carla roqs
December 1st, 2011
9:11 am
oops, kimz.
carla roqs
December 1st, 2011
9:13 am
judge not that ye be not judged. lets try this again. david, i am . kimz, out of every comment i have seen you make over the last year or so, maybe one was positive. you are one of the most negative commentors i have ever seen. and when you are positive, you are soooo positive that i have complimented you on it. i did not see what you wrote on this blog and i do not really care, i just know that you are generally negative and i hit a lot of blogs and see your comments. i get negative too, and sometimes i get mad, but dang, i kinda try to not let my FIRST comment of the day on a blog come out that way. you insult a lot of people and generally people just let it slide. i guess rodney didnt this time. not my problem. #herecomesthejudge