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What is Jimmy Garoppolo’s pre-snap cadence?

Over the last few months, I’ve been racking my brain against this, even asking some of the staff their thoughts and getting similar confusion: What exactly is Jimmy Garoppolo screaming for his cadence?

For those of you unfamiliar with the term, cadence is what the quarterback says before the snap. It can be a number of things but there’s usually a consistent rhythmic and familiar set of words that initiate the snap (or throw defenses offsides once they get used to it). For instance, Aaron Rodgers’ is “Green 19...Green 19 set-hut” (or 319, or Green 18, or.