Aaron Rodgers Says That Jay Cutler Is the Reason Behind Pre-Snap Smoking Signal
By Kyle Newport ,
via @WillBrinson
Are you one of the many fans curious about why Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has used a pre-snap smoking signal in games this season?
Here's how the segment went, via CBS Sports' Will Brinson:
Jason Wilde: 'Jeremy asks: ‘What is that pre-snap signal where you look like you're smoking? Is that a smoke route or is that an indicator of two HIGH safeties?' Tony asks ‘How do you keep from laughing after some of the hand gestures you do in the no huddle? They have been, shall we say, interesting.' '
Aaron Rodgers: 'That was just a tribute to Jay Cutler. Because there's that Smoking Jay Website. So I was just doing a tribute to Jay there …The Big Lead's Ryan Glasspiegel has the audio clip of Rodgers' explanation.
Wilde: OK. You would never give away the actual value of those.
Rodgers: That's what it was!
Wilde: It really was?
Rodgers: I don't know I don't remember.
Wilde: I think you're making that up.
Rodgers: I don't remember.
Wilde: You've done it a lot of times, though. There are people who use it as their Twitter avatar.
Rodgers: It's a dummy signal. That's the whole thing. It's you know, like, smoking dope. You're a dummy if you smoke dope.
Obviously, Rodgers isn't going to come right out and say what the signal means. That would be like Peyton Manning telling the world why he says "Omaha" so frequently.
Whether those things actually mean anything or not, they can still be used to try to gain an advantage on the defense.
Of course, Rodgers' comments are notable considering the Packers and the Bears are NFC North rivals. The quarterbacks square off twice a year, so these comments could fan the flames of the rivalry.
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