Dan Orlovsky Is Your New Backup QB

This means that McShay was wrong and we’re not drafting Sanchez? lol.

young qb with some decent starting experience, and who knows his role. Sure, he could’ve blurted, “Yeah, well… Shaub’s GUARANTEED to miss a few games a year, so this might as well be a starting gig…” but he didn’t. Good times.

You have a very good backup QB here. Dan-O may have a low ceiling, but he has a high floor too. He’s always had a good attitude being on the bench, and when he became the starter for a while last season, he seemed to be the only QB who consistently tried to get the ball to Calvin Johnson. He takes care of the ball pretty well and knows who his playmakers are. I don’t think he’ll attempt another “112 yard pass” either.

A lot of us were really hoping he’d get the start in Detroit in 2009 sine he performed by far the best out of the five QB’s we had to play, but it just wasn’t to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aifulCRgQEw

Good Luck Guys…

To me, if Orlovsky can show flashes on the worst team in NFL history, then he surely has enough talent to be the backup to Matt Schaub. Let’s not forget that Kubiak is a bit of a quarterback wiz, and can surely maximize Dan’s potential.

I like that we got him as the backup – but the cost kind of surprised me.

I mean, he’s literally twice as expensive as Sage, and obviously not nearly as good of a backup (at least right now).

Luckily, I have total faith and trust in Kubiak and his QB Guru skills. DannO will get better just because of that.

"Orlovsky deal astounds

Maybe the most astounding contract I’ve seen handed out so far in free agency is not the Albert Haynesworth deal in Washington, it’s the Dan Orlovsky signing in Houston. The Texans reportedly gave the ex-Lions quarterback a three-year deal worth $9.15 million, including a $2.4 million signing bonus, to take over the backup spot that was vacated by the trade of Sage Rosenfels to Minnesota.

Are you kidding me? More than $3 million per year for the guy who forgot that NFL end zones are only 10 yards deep? (Okay, that’s a cheap shot, but tell me you weren’t going to say it if I didn’t?) Denver was reportedly interested in Orlovsky, but were the Broncos interested in him at anywhere near that price, or did the Texans in essence bid almost against themselves?

With Chris Simms still out there, with Byron Leftwich, Jeff Garcia, Rex Grossman, and J.P. Losman all still available, the Texans made Orlovsky their priority after getting a free-agent visit from Patrick Ramsey on Friday? I just don’t get it. The guy went 0-7 as the Lions starter, and probably cost them the game they had the best shot of winning all season, that 12-10 loss at Minnesota when he ran out of bounds for a safety.
—Don Banks (4:15 p.m. ET) "

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/27/signings/index.html?bcnn=yes