Tag Archives: Dan Orlovsky
Dan Orlovsky as a Houston Texans Quarterback
By BRIAN MCTAGGART Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
May 27, 2009, 8:51PM
Dan Orlovsky says there will be no bigger fan of Matt Schaub than himself, insisting he wants the Texans’ starting quarterback to play in 19 games — including the playoffs and Super Bowl — and take every snap.
That would leave Orlovsky spending the season holding a [...]
Dan Orlovsky Work Ethic
By DESMOND CONNER | The Hartford Courant
May 26, 2009
Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky, formerly of UConn, runs past an official who calls a safety in the end zone in the Lions’ game at Minnesota on Oct. 12, 2008. (JIM MONE / AP / October 12, 2008)
As a youngster playing football, Dan Orlovsky was blessed with [...]
Dan Orlovsky Interview
Congrats To Dan. O And Props To His Group
By Desmond Conner on May 19, 2009 4:56 PM
What’s good?
Just got off the phone with Dan Orlovsky a few minutes ago. We could talk all day. I covered some of that kid’s games at Shelton High. Anyway, we talked about a lot of things, being in Houston, [...]
Dan Orlovsky Foundation
By Desmond Conner on May 15, 2009 10:49 AM
Hey, Folks.
Wanted to pass this along from Dan Orlovsky’s people. The former Shelton High, UConn, Detroit Lions quarterback now with the Houston Texans has got some things going on with his foundation.
Help out if you can.
I know a few of you have asked about catching [...]
Orlovsky: I wanted to compete for Lions’ QB job
Posted by The Grand Rapids Press March 05, 2009 00:00AM
Former Detroit Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky joined Bill Simonson on “The Huge Show” to talk about his decision to leave Detroit and sign with the Houston Texans.
“I hope and I wish Daunte (Culpepper) the best, but if you put on the game film from last year, [...]
Dan Orlovsky didn’t deserve Lions’ disrespect
Posted by Brian VanOchten | The Grand Rapids Press March 02, 2009 01:00AM
It should surprise no one that Dan Orlovsky fled the Detroit Lions.
He signed a free-agent contract with the Houston Texans to serve as Matt Schaub’s backup.
Orlovsky, regardless of your opinion about him as an NFL quarterback, felt he had proven enough on the [...]
QB Orlovsky signs with Texans as No. 2
Backup will get three years, $9.1 million; he says he likes being with offensive-minded coach.
John Niyo / The Detroit News
Dan Orlovsky said he was looking for a chance to start. But really, he was just looking for a chance to start over.
Orlovsky, who started seven games last season in relief of Jon Kitna and Daunte [...]
QB Dan Orlovsky ‘grateful’ for time with Lions, but signs with Houston
By CARLOS MONARREZ • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • March 1, 2009
Quarterback Dan Orlovsky officially ended his tenure with the Lions when he signed a $9.15-million, three-year deal with Houston.
He played four seasons with the Lions and started seven games last year. He received a $2.4-million bonus and is expected to back up Matt Schaub [...]
Orlovsky, Texans reach agreement
From Wire Reports • March 2, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal
He played four seasons with the Lions and started seven games last year. He received a $2.4-million bonus and is expected to back up Matt Schaub with the Texans.
“I’m very excited, I’m stoked,” Orlovsky told Gannett News Service in a phone interview. “Just to [...]
Texans Keeping Eye On Orlovsky
25th February, 2009 - 5:29 pm
Houston Chronicle - Having traded backup Sage Rosenfels to the Vikings, the Texans are keeping their eyes on a number of quarterbacks in the event that starter Matt Schaub goes down with an injury.
Free agency begins on Friday, and the team could look in the direction of Dan Orlovsky, Rex [...]
Lions’ Orlovsky to Test Free Agency, Not Interested in Sitting Behind Culpepper
Posted Feb 24th 2009 4:00 PM by Ryan Wilson
Maybe he will go on to NFL greatness, but for now, Dan Orlovsky is best known as “that dude who ran out of the end zone for no apparent reason.” The Lions’ 2005 fifth-round pick, Orlovsky started started seven games at quarterback last season, but has decided [...]
Dan Orlovsky to Test Free Agent Market
DETROIT (Ticker) — Detroit Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky on Monday said he would test free agency rather than accept the team’s contract offer to return in a backup role, according to a published report.
After starting seven games for the winless Lions this past season, Orlovsky told the Detroit Free Press that he has had a [...]
Orlovsky to Sign with Another Team?
During an interview on Sirius NFL Radio, free-agent WR Mike Furrey (Lions) said Detroit Lions QB Dan Orlovsky is looking to sign elsewhere for next season.
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Orlovsky in 2009
NEW HAVEN — It’s a safe bet to say that there were several mornings over the last couple weeks of the season when Dan Orlovsky would have done almost anything if he could have slapped the snooze button on the bedside alarm clock, rolled over and pulled the covers over his head.
The 2008 football season [...]
Orlovsky Wants to Go Back to Lions
“There’s two reasons really why I want to go back,” he told the Connecticut Post. “I want to be part of change, like I was at UConn. I want to be able to be part of something that I can hang my hat on when I’m 50. And I want to play with Calvin Johnson, [...]
Lions Starting Quarterback in 2009
John Niyo / The Detroit News
Linehan said he has spoken with three of the four quarterbacks signed through next season: Culpepper, Jon Kitna and Drew Stanton. Drew Henson is the other, with Dan Orlovsky, who finished the season as the starter, likely headed elsewhere as a free agent this winter.
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Dan Orlovsky and Girlfriend Tiffany Lesher
Party pics: Detroit Lions Halloween party
October 27, 2008
Tiffany Lesher and Dan Orlovsky
Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Mike Furrey hosted a roster of sports and local celebrities for the Mike Furrey Foundation Celebrity Halloween Bowling Party with a dinner, auction and awards ceremony at Plaza Lanes in Plymouth. The money raised from this year’s event benefits a [...]
Dan Orlovsky Free Agent
Here is who Orlovsky will be competeing against this off season.
2009 NFL Free Agents
By: Greg Davis
Kurt Warner, UFA, Arizona Cardinals
The former MVP and Super Bowl winner has had a resurgent season in Arizona and has his team past the first round of the playoffs. He racked up 4,583 passing yards, his second highest career [...]
How are Dan Orlovsky Jersey’s Selling?
Dan Orlovsky has the 213th best selling jersey in the NFL.
Billy Ragone Honored by Dan Orlovsky Foundation
Sunday, January 18, 2009 5:53 AM EST
By Bill Cloutier, Assistant Sports Editor
EAST HAVEN — Cheshire football coach Mark Ecke knew he had someone special on his team four years ago.
That’s when Billy Ragone had just entered the high school.
But Ragone, like most freshmen, spent that season with his classmates on the freshman team.
Ragone soon proved [...]
Todd Bowles on Lions Quarterbacks
On Lions quarterbacks Dan Orlovsky, Daunte Culpepper and Drew Stanton and whether any looks like a starter: “Without looking at all the film, Culpepper has done it. Orlovsky is a good, young guy. I think Stanton needs a good quarterback coach to bring him along. I’ll have to make that determination as we go along.”
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UConn Offense Since Orlovsky
The Hartford Courant
December 28, 2008
Huskies Grounded Since Orlovsky
•New Towson coach Rob Ambrose, UConn’s quarterbacks coach since 2002, became offensive coordinator in 2006, two years after Dan Orlovsky’s senior season. The Huskies’ running game has been effective the past four seasons, but their passing has ranked near the bottom nationally since Orlovsky left. Where [...]
Dan Orlovsky Foundation
Life-Changing Completion
Orlovsky’s Foundation Is Hope
Jeff Jacobs
December 25, 2008
Dan Orlovsky will not forget the moment when he decided a thrown football could complete a mission.
He was staring out the windows of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, a college quarterback trying to answer questions none of us can.
“I had gotten closer to some [...]
Dan’s the man: Orlovsky says thumb ‘feels 100%’
BY CARLOS MONARREZ • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • December 12, 2008
Dan is in. Daunte is out. And Drew remains in limbo.
That’s the way the Lions’ quarterback situation shook out Thursday, when coach Rod Marinelli said Dan Orlovsky will start Sunday at Indianapolis after missing the past five games with a thumb injury.
Orlovsky participated in [...]
Dan Orlovsky May Play Sunday
Lions: Notebook
Who’s the quarterback for the Lions now?
Culpepper’s status is in question, Orlovsky trying to return and Stanton says he’s ready.
John Niyo / The Detroit News
ALLEN PARK — With the injury status of starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper up in the air — results of an MRI exam on his right shoulder weren’t known Monday — [...]
Orlovsky to Return to Practice
by Sean Yuille on Dec 2, 2008 5:57 PM EST in Notes
This Sunday is probably the Lions’ last chance to win a game this season. They should have beat Minnesota in the Metrodome earlier this season, but they were on the wrong end of a couple bad calls that led to the Vikings [...]
Orlovsky close to returning, will he start for Lions?
Orlovsky close to returning, will he start for Lions?
by Tom Kowalski
Tuesday December 02, 2008, 12:15 AM
AP File PhotoLions quarterback Dan Orlovsky could be cleared to practice as soon as Wednesday.
ALLEN PARK — As of right now, Daunte Culpepper is the starting quarterback for the Detroit Lions and will face one of his former teams, [...]
Culpepper could open 2009 as Lions’ starting QB
Lions QB Daunte Culpepper has a good chance at opening next season as the team’s starter, even if the team’s front office and coaching staff are hanging in the balance. With Dan Orlovsky set to hit free agency, he might choose to jump ship, and there is not enough confidence in Drew Stanton right now to [...]
Lions QB Dan Orlovsky not giving up yet
Decides to wait on surgery
BY NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • November 13, 2008
Quarterback Dan Orlovsky has not given up on the season, despite two fractures and a torn ligament in his right thumb. The Lions have not given up on him yet, either.
“I’m not going to get surgery,” Orlovsky said Wednesday. [...]
UConn vs. Syracuse a Look Back
STORRS, Conn. (Nov. 11, 2008) – Here are the UConn football notes for the Huskies game this Saturday against Syracuse.
UConn currently has six former players that are currently on NFL rosters.
The veterans of the group are both entering their fourth year in the league. Quarterback Dan Orlovsky is in his fourth year with the [...]
Orlovsky leaning against thumb surgery
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Lions QB Dan Orlovsky says he is leaning against surgery for his broken right thumb.
He expects to make a final decision Wednesday. Orlovsky doesn’t want to be lost for the season heading into free agency, but he won’t be able to play for [...]
Detriot Lions Starting QB
QB choice will be soon, secret
BY NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • November 10, 2008
Lions coach Rod Marinelli said he will commit to a starting quarterback this week but won’t announce his choice publicly until Sunday’s game at Carolina.
All indications are it will be Daunte Culpepper, though Drew Stanton played in Sunday’s [...]
Lions QB update: Orlovsky questionable, no starter chosen yet
Marinelli plans to carry four on the roster
By CARLOS MONARREZ • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • November 6, 2008
The health status of Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky, who has an injured right thumb, remains uncertain. Orlovsky was en route back to Detroit after a hand specialist examined him in New York.
Lions coach Rod Marinelli said there [...]