The Omaha Cinematic Universe
So you remember that QUARTERBACK show that came out on Netflix last summer featuring Mahomes, Kirk, and Mariota? Well, the show is coming back! Only this time it isn’t about Quarterbacks. It’s called RECEIVER, and according to the poster, we are going to see Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, and Amon-Ra St. Brown.
So, uh, first question right out of the gate…George Kittle is a Tight End? You trying to gaslight me, Peyton? If RECEIVER is just going to refer to any guy who catches the ball then we have to also include eligible O-linemen and runningbacks.
Besides that annoying technicality that somebody better have gotten fired for, this is a pretty good slate of names. I am extremely excited to see the parts for Davante Adams where Josh McDaniels gets fired. He’s going to spend the first half of the show stern and mopey about all the difficulties and then the McDaniels thing will happen and he’s going to spend the rest of the show talking about how free he feels. It’ll be great seeing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into that mess. Kittle, Tight End or not, will probably be the most entertaining of the bunch simply because George Kittle is already extremely entertaining as a person. In fact, he might be part of this production simply because the producers went after Deebo and Kittle was right there and they just decided to film him too. I don’t know what Deebo is like. Is he interesting? I don’t think I’ve ever watched an interview of him not on a football field.
Justin Jefferson will probably not get as much screentime as we might hope because he spent half the year hurt and the Vikings were probably their most interesting while he was out. St Brown is the other name I’m really intrigued by because the Lions had an outstanding year and St. Brown is still firmly in the “Not quite a household name but should be” camp. WRs are the most Diva of all positions but out of these 5 I’m not really sure who stands out as the biggest diva. If only they followed Stefon Diggs. Now that guy is a diva.
I’m actually excited for this pivot into a new position but I wonder if this was the original plan. My gut says no. I remember reading a story a while ago that the show was having trouble finding Quarterbacks to agree to it for a second season. My guess is they got turned down by all of their main targets and they didn’t want to do a second season with like, Derek Carr and Sam Howell as headliners so they switched things up. Whatever the case is, I hope the trend continues and we get glimpses into different positions through the years. By 2050 I want a season following the people who run onto the field and squirt gatorade into the player’s mouths.
Next week will have no comics, gotta do the annual draft cards
Are we supposed to believe that this is some kind of *snort* magic pass catcher? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
I have a question for YOU. Why would a man with Chad Henne as a screen name spend his time worrying about who is catching passes from starting quarterbacks?
I withdraw my question.
James Winchester, JJ Jansen, Ross Matiscik, Andrew DePaola. Long Snapper is the one I am most excited for
The disrespect to running/full backs smh.
I know it’s a joke, and it likely would never happen, but a series following referees could be legitimately really interesting. Listening to refs talk about what they saw during certain decision, or even their reactions to the abuse they receive from fans. It would be something to humanize them and peek at just how difficult a job it can be. The league would NEVER allow it because I’m sure there would be plenty of points where the refs would have to admit to bad calls and it seems like the NFL requires them to stand behind the shield at all times. I get it. But there’s a really compelling story to be told.
I’m glad you took a vacation but I’m glad your back too.
You have “Coach”, but where’s the “GM”? You know that it would be absolutely riveting to watch several hours of GMs on their phones, negotiating with agents, and proposing trades with other GMs. (Heck, the latter could even mean the old split-screen, when two of the GMs in the show are talking to each other!) You’re missing a golden opportunity here.
I don’t think you want the Announcer show Dave. Do you really want to listen to Cris Collinsworth or
Joe Buck any more than you need to?
Dude, just think of the intro… you could have this pumping death metal theme, while clips of Cris in the booth just flash by, and the lyrics over the song are just: “Now here’s a guy…” over and over. Or maybe the clips are interwoven with clips of Joe Buck, and you could break up the “Now here’s a guy” with “That is a disgusting act!”
Kicker would be an interesting watch just to see how much the team doesn’t actually like them
It’s only one episode of Justin Tucker and the episode is 20 minutes long.
Didn’t a TE file a grievance to be counted as a WR because the cap numbers are higher? So it’s legit.
I´ve done it, I´ve read every single one of your comics in the span of 4 days