Often times in games you can hear what the quarterback yells out for his audibles. The most famous being Peyton Manning’s ‘Omaha! Omaha!” Sometimes there’s a code in what’s called out, sometimes it’s just nonsense. And with no fans in the stands, those calls are even more…audible.
Such was the case when Derek Carr got behind center early in the Raiders game against the Panther Sunday and yelled out “Cindy Gruden, Tiger Woods! Cindy Gruden, Tiger Woods!”
Rich Gannon who was in the booth heard it and commented on it from the booth, noting that Cindy Gruden is Jon’s wife. And apparently, Gruden was unaware his wife was going to come up in an audible.
“I didn’t notice any crowd noise yesterday. I even heard my wife’s name on TV,” Gruden said Monday over a video conference call. “Derek used my wife’s name in one of his audibles. So, it must not have been that loud. Still trying to figure out why Cindy Gruden came up during the game. Gotta look into that.”
Here’s that Derek Carr audible “Cindy Gruden Tiger Woods!” pic.twitter.com/GmIYoEIYCj
— Levi Damien (@LeviDamien) September 14, 2020
The call was made at the eight-minute mark of the first quarter on the Raiders’ second drive of the game. It was 2nd and two and in case you’re wondering the play was a hand-off to Josh Jacobs on the right side that went for one yard.
Gruden noted that making calls at the line is pretty normal for Carr. But with no crowd on hand, suddenly he could actually hear him.
“Unfortunately for me I could never hear him until yesterday. So, I don’t know what he’s been up to at the line of scrimmage, but better keep my wife out of it from now on,” Gruden said with a smirk.
I’m guessing he’s ok with his quarterback giving Tiger Woods a shout out at the line.
