What Omaha means at the line of scrimmage for the Broncos?
When you hear quarterback, Peyton Manning bark out "Omaha" at the line of scrimmage, what does it mean?
Simple. It means, “original play called.” In other words, whatever the original play that was called in the huddle or scripted from the sidelines will be run.
Is this an educated guess? Well, yes, but it is what Economists do a lot of times when we look at data. Here is why I made my educated guess.
Because Peyton Manning is an avid play caller at the line of scrimmage and because he regularly calls audibles and then changes his call depending on how the defense changes their alignment, the offense players listening to Manning need a quick mechanism that redirects them to the original play called.
My evidence of this finding is derived from my observation of several Denver Broncos games. First, when “Omaha” is called it sometimes the play that follows is a running play, sometimes a passing play. The running play that follows might be a run into the middle of the line but could also be a sweep play; it could be a play that goes left or a play that runs to the right. The passing play that follows might be a pass over the middle, a short pass, a long pass, an out pattern or a screen pass. The point is that there is no mathematical correlation between “Omaha” and the resulting play.
Secondly, I noticed a large number of “Omaha” being called in situations when the game was salted away. That is, when there was little if any incentive to call an audible at the line.
So there ya go. Omaha, means “Guys, go back to the original play called.”
Simple. It means, “original play called.” In other words, whatever the original play that was called in the huddle or scripted from the sidelines will be run.
Is this an educated guess? Well, yes, but it is what Economists do a lot of times when we look at data. Here is why I made my educated guess.
Because Peyton Manning is an avid play caller at the line of scrimmage and because he regularly calls audibles and then changes his call depending on how the defense changes their alignment, the offense players listening to Manning need a quick mechanism that redirects them to the original play called.
My evidence of this finding is derived from my observation of several Denver Broncos games. First, when “Omaha” is called it sometimes the play that follows is a running play, sometimes a passing play. The running play that follows might be a run into the middle of the line but could also be a sweep play; it could be a play that goes left or a play that runs to the right. The passing play that follows might be a pass over the middle, a short pass, a long pass, an out pattern or a screen pass. The point is that there is no mathematical correlation between “Omaha” and the resulting play.
Secondly, I noticed a large number of “Omaha” being called in situations when the game was salted away. That is, when there was little if any incentive to call an audible at the line.
So there ya go. Omaha, means “Guys, go back to the original play called.”
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