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Good for Orakpo

He's not someone I would have pegged necessarily as the face of the team from a commercial perspective

[url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2011/08/24/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Orakpo.aspx]So Easy A Linebacker Can Do It: Redskins' Brian Orakpo To Appear In Geico Ads - SportsBusiness Daily | SportsBusiness Journal[/url]

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Wow, that is so awesome -- that alone would convince me to buy from Geico

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Sweet!!!

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Good for him. I guess I need to target Cowboy, Giant, and Eagle fans that have Geico.

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I can't remember the last time I saw a bonafide Redskin have a presence in national tv advertisements. Easterns doesn't count, because their ads were a local thing. McNabb doesn't count, because he was doing all his tv ads before he got here. Some might say this is a bad thing, but I think it's good for Orakpo to increase his profile like this.

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Good for him. Face of the Skins I have no prob with.

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[quote=mooby;826519]I can't remember the last time I saw a bonafide Redskin have a presence in national tv advertisements. Easterns doesn't count, because their ads were a local thing. McNabb doesn't count, because he was doing all his tv ads before he got here. Some might say this is a bad thing, but I think it's good for Orakpo to increase his profile like this.[/quote]

Cooley has been in some national commercials.

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[quote=Mattyk;826528]Cooley has been in some national commercials.[/quote]

I remember he was in that NFLN fantasy football commercial a few years ago where he caught a ball after punching his arm through a sheet of drywall. I can't think of any other national tv spots though.

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NFL Shop with his wife, Snyder and his wife too are in it too.

Or maybe it was just Cooley's wife... can't remember.

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Portis had a spot on NFL Network's total access commercials a few years back.
Remember the Colley spots, good stuff.

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[quote=Mattyk;826533]NFL Shop with his wife, Snyder and his wife too are in it too.

Or maybe it was just Cooley's wife... can't remember.[/quote]

I know Snyder and his wife were in the NFL Shops spots, can't forget those because they still air them all the time. And I think it was just Cooley's wife and not him in those as well.

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Campbell was in the same commercial as Cooley punching his hands through the sheetrock. It was the one where he threw two balls, made them hit each other in the air and both balls were caught by WRs....what a laugh that was! I also think he was the one who threw the ball to Cooley.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQp2Wnnyok]NFL - Reebok Fantasy Football Commercial - FootballAmerica.com - YouTube[/url]

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[quote=mooby;826519]I can't remember the last time I saw a bonafide Redskin have a presence in national tv advertisements. Easterns doesn't count, because their ads were a local thing. McNabb doesn't count, because he was doing all his tv ads before he got here. Some might say this is a bad thing, but I think it's good for Orakpo to increase his profile like this.[/quote]

Does Deion count?

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Orakpo I believe is the first Redskin I can remember in a long time to be featured in a national commercial that isn't tied to the NFL (Geico's not even an NFL sponsor)

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Yeah, Orakpo won't be wearing his Redskins jersey for that reason -- I don't know if he is that recognizable nationwide but w/e. Stoked to see Rak with the Geico caveman

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sweet, can't wait.

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;826550]Does Deion count?[/quote]


:laughing- IDK, what do you think? And SS put it a little more eloquently than I did. It's not even an NFL spot, how often does that happen for us?

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Wasn't Santana was in at least one Under Armour commercial a year or two ago?

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Geico may be using his less than nationally know face w/the intention of getting football fans to say, "who is that?" It's a way of getting people interested in the ad that otherwise don't pay much attention.

I would guess that their profile for this ad was an up & coming LB w/clean record that in the next couple years will be known by fair weather fans. Rak fits that to a t.

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good for rak. btw, check out this ridiculous table tennis point, lol!!!!


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU&NR=1]Table Tennis -Spectacular!! - YouTube[/ame]

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The new caveman sounds even more like a wienie

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Especially compared to Orakpo.

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I knew Santana was in an Under Armour/Dick's commercial

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