Orlovsky - Fulfilling a First

[DaBoys4Life]

He is trying to change the subject because his ignorance was uncovered.

There's nothing to uncover it's on full display every time he post.

 

[Hostile]

He is trying to change the subject because his ignorance was uncovered.

Oh I know.

Orlovsky is starting for 2 reasons.

1. Kitna is hurt.

2. Stanton is not yet 100%.

He's hardly some emerging star.

 

[peplaw06]

What rocks is all that are watching Detroit football games and talking about the Big O.

WHAT ARE BRAD JOHNSON'S RATINGS

Who's watching the Lions games? Are they still winless?

And Nors = Cowboys fan :chuckle:

 

[Nors]

First year starter - agreed

And his QB rating as a starter is respectable for a first year starting QB. Interceptions are IMPORTANT - LOL

 

[DaBoys4Life]

First year starter - agreed

And his QB rating as a starter is respectable for a first year starting QB. Interceptions are IMPORTANT - LOL

he sucks.

 

[Nors]

Oh I know.

Orlovsky is starting for 2 reasons.

1. Kitna is hurt.

2. Stanton is not yet 100%.

He's hardly some emerging star.

I would have thought after the Romo/Henson beatdown you would stay out of an Orlovsky/Stanton repeat -

 

[Nors]

Lions QB Dan Orlovsky enjoys shaking things up

BY CARLOS MONARREZ • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • October 26, 2008


Not long after Dan Orlovsky was thrust into the starting quarterback role, he knew there had to be a change.
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Orlovsky and a teammate called a meeting with the head coach. The season was a disgrace. Apathy and poor work ethic ruled the locker room.

"We went to the head coach and we said, 'Listen, we don't want this,' " Orlovsky said. "It was embarrassing and similar to this, where nothing's going right. And we said, 'This ain't gonna happen anymore. We didn't come here for this.' "

That was 2001, when the Lions quarterback had just finished his freshman season at Connecticut. He and linebacker Alfred Fincher, who is now with the Commanders, spoke with UConn coach Randy Edsall after a 2-9 season.

Edsall told them to forge ahead and set an example.

"And we didn't make friends," Orlovsky said. "A lot of people on the team disliked us at that point, just because we weren't for the stuff that went on."

The change worked. UConn went 6-6 in 2002, 9-3 in '03 and 8-4 in '04, when Orlovsky led the Huskies to victory in the Motor City Bowl and took MVP honors.

Seven years later, with the Lions mired in an 0-6 season, Orlovsky sees a similar need for the change he effected at UConn.

"Absolutely," he said. "People aren't going to like it. It's tough to do in this league. But I think that guys here will. I think we have good guys here. It's not a thing where you want to say, 'I'm better than you.' It's a thing where, 'We're here. Let's do this the right way.' And it's not going to be easy."

In a season that has become about change for the Lions, with the loss of quarterback Jon Kitna and receiver Roy Williams, Orlovsky likely is the best agent for that change because change has become a second skin for him.

Orlovsky grew up in Shelton, Conn., and attended a Catholic school. He got away from his faith as a young adult. When Lions chaplain Dave Wilson invited players to renew their faith, Orlovsky accepted and recites the date instantly: Sept. 23, 2006.

"Just going through the things I've gone through my first three years in the NFL," he said, "the struggles, lack of playing, doubt, fear, worry, everything like that, my faith has been the foundation."

Orlovsky's faith also helped him reconnect with his estranged mother, Rose Chonka, and his older sister Christine. Orlovsky made the initial call, and he now lists Rose's chicken parmesan as his favorite home-cooked meal and was the godfather to Christine's first child.

He attended UConn one year after it moved up to Division I-A for a simple reason.

"That was appealing to me," Orlovsky said, "to be the guy that went there and kind of was a part of changing that place around and getting it to where it is today."

Orlovsky said he sees the same opportunity now with the Lions. In the spring, he decided to change his mind-set and carry himself as starter on the field, in the weight room and in the locker room.

Orlovsky is in the final year of his contract, and he knows a decision has to be made. But he wants to do more than just win a job and a few games.

"I'm here to be a part of something that is much more than a football game essentially," he said. "But at the same time I'm here to leave a legacy of winning and changing this place. And that's what makes it all the better: the journey and being a part of that, the difficult times and the hard times. But when you get to that point you can look back and say, 'We did it.' "

Contact CARLOS MONARREZ at 313-222-6697 or cmonarrez@freepress.com.

 

[Hostile]

I would have thought after the Romo/Henson beatdown you would stay out of an Orlovsky/Stanton repeat -

LOL

You really think no one remembers?

You were a Bledsoe guy, not a Romo guy. After Bledsoe got benched you were over on DCC posting non stop about how we were going to go down in flames without Bledsoe. How Bledsoe wouldn't have fumbled away the game.

There is no "beatdown" except in your feeble imagination. Yeah, I was a Henson guy. So what? That and 5 bucks will buy you a nice latte at Starbucks.

It isn't in your best interests to dredge up the past. There's not enough left of your hide to beat on.

It must suck for you to see an actual trade happen just the way someone predicts it and shares it after the way you've thumped your chest for years. About nothing.

Hey you've still got Scott "The Monster" Shanle right? Oh wait, he doesn't wear blue and silver any more.

Tell us again about the next star, Ricky Santos. When is he heading south to the real Professional football?

 

[Nors]

You speak of not dredging up the past as you dredge up the past.

There are Henson / Romo similarities to the Orlovski / Stanton discussion. The Shanle and Ricky Santos have no bearing on this discussion.

I was a Romo and Bledsoe fan - that one week I was emotional - not sure right call was made. By that first Romo game I have a mega high priced Romo collectible hanging on my wall. No looking back.

I was on the Orlovsky bandwagon 2002/03/04 era. Nothing new here. Starter in the NFL as predicted about to earn a contract in FA.

 

[Rampage]

You speak of not dredging up the past as you dredge up the past.

There are Henson / Romo similarities to the Orlovski / Stanton discussion. The Shanle and Ricky Santos have no bearing on this discussion.

I was a Romo and Bledsoe fan - that one week I was emotional - not sure right call was made. By that first Romo game I have a mega high priced Romo collectible hanging on my wall. No looking back.

I was on the Orlovsky bandwagon 2002/03/04 era. Nothing new here. Starter in the NFL as predicted about to earn a contract in FA.

as a backup maybe.

 

[Nors]

as a backup maybe.

As a solid #2 QB agreed, Schaub, Romo, Delehomme - there is precedent for these type QB's rising to #1's also.

Romo
Orlovsky


is better than

Romo
Brad Johnson

 

[Rampage]

As a solid #2 QB agreed, Schaub, Romo, Delehomme - there is precedent for these type QB's rising to #1's also.

Romo
Orlovsky


is better than

Romo
Brad Johnson

if he became our backup he would not be fulfilling a first.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

As a solid #2 QB agreed, Schaub, Romo, Delehomme - there is precedent for these type QB's rising to #1's also.

Romo
Orlovsky


is better than

Romo
Brad Johnson

Romo and a piece of crap is better than


Romo and Brad Johnson.

 

[Hostile]

You speak of not dredging up the past as you dredge up the past.

There are Henson / Romo similarities to the Orlovski / Stanton discussion. The Shanle and Ricky Santos have no bearing on this discussion.

I was a Romo and Bledsoe fan - that one week I was emotional - not sure right call was made. By that first Romo game I have a mega high priced Romo collectible hanging on my wall. No looking back.

I was on the Orlovsky bandwagon 2002/03/04 era. Nothing new here. Starter in the NFL as predicted about to earn a contract in FA.

Henson and Romo have nothing to do with Dan Orlovsky. You began dredging up the past. If you can't stand the roar of the big guns don't pull the friggin' trigger. You bring it up, it is going to get brought up right back in your face. Deal with it.

You're the only one who cares about bringing up Drew Henson on this entire forum of nearly 20,000 people. No one gives a crap Nors.

So don't stir the coals then complain that the fire is hot. You've spent 5 plus years on our forums pretending you know football and no one else does. The fact of the matter is you've been schooled more than a college graduate. By multiple posters.

Confucius say, better to be silent and thought a fool than to open mouth and remove all doubt.

Ty Law...

 

[DaBoys4Life]

Henson and Romo have nothing to do with Dan Orlovsky. You began dredging up the past. If you can't stand the roar of the big guns don't pull the friggin' trigger. You bring it up, it is going to get brought up right back in your face. Deal with it.

You're the only one who cares about bringing up Drew Henson on this entire forum of nearly 20,000 people. No one gives a crap Nors.

So don't stir the coals then complain that the fire is hot. You've spent 5 plus years on our forums pretending you know football and no one else does. The fact of the matter is you've been schooled more than a college graduate. By multiple posters.

Confucius say, better to be silent and thought a fool than to open mouth and remove all doubt.

Ty Law...

 

[silverbear]

Correct 3 starts
95.3
99.6
88.2

my bad - used an online rater calculator apparantly not correct, still pretty good

Not if it had Orlovsky with a QBR over 100...

 

[Yeagermeister]

As a solid #2 QB agreed, Schaub, Romo, Delehomme - there is precedent for these type QB's rising to #1's also.

Romo
Orlovsky


is better than

Romo
Brad Johnson

Romo and Me > Romo and Johnson

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Henson and Romo have nothing to do with Dan Orlovsky. You began dredging up the past. If you can't stand the roar of the big guns don't pull the friggin' trigger. You bring it up, it is going to get brought up right back in your face. Deal with it.

You're the only one who cares about bringing up Drew Henson on this entire forum of nearly 20,000 people. No one gives a crap Nors.

So don't stir the coals then complain that the fire is hot. You've spent 5 plus years on our forums pretending you know football and no one else does. The fact of the matter is you've been schooled more than a college graduate. By multiple posters.

Confucius say, better to be silent and thought a fool than to open mouth and remove all doubt.

Ty Law...

Nice Ty Law dig in there.

Also congrats on the eventual next post that makes you go to 60,000.

 

[JPM]

Romo and Me > Romo and Johnson

Isn't it Romo and I ????????:laugh2:

 

[Passepartout]

Well, Lions really don't have a great team.
Either way you look at it!