When you think of Dan Orlovsky, chances are that the first thing that comes to your mind is the embarrassing moment when he ran out of the back of the end zone while he was a quarterback for the Detroit Lions. Well, thanks to Jimmy Garoppolo, Orlovsky now has a new best friend.
Ever since that moment happened, Orlovsky has constantly been made fun of and trolled on social media on a daily basis.
In fact, Orlovsky once said he is the “poster boy” for the Lions’ 0-16 team.
“I’m still the poster boy for it, unfortunately,” Orlovsky said back in 2017. “And the good thing for me is I’ve got super thick skin and I don’t really run from much so it’s not hard for me to quote-unquote talk about it because of those aspects.
“I don’t think about it a ton. That’s not how I remember myself. But it’s not like one of those things where you can get a misdemeanor DUI as a teenager and it gets removed from your record-type thing if you do a bunch of community service. It’s a forever thing for me.”
During an interview in 2017 with Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, Dan Orlovsky said he was “an idiot” on the play.
“Ask any quarterback, more often than not, you catch a snap and you get pressure, you either climb the pocket immediately or run with some depth to the right or the left depending where the pressure is,” Orlovsky said. “And my pressure came from off my left hip, so it was just my natural reaction to run with some depth away from it and by the time I took three or four steps I’m obviously well out of bounds and unaware just because I was an idiot in that moment. That’s kind of how it happened.”
Jimmy Garoppolo ‘puts foot down on racism’ and Dan Orlovsky cannot be happier [Video]
On Sunday night, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo pulled a Dan Orlovsky as he too stepped out of the back of the end zone.
Check it out.
JIMMY GAROPPOLO???????????????????? #NFLnaESPN #FTTB #BroncosCountry pic.twitter.com/ecdwxeVtwb
— Endzone Brasil (@Endzone_Brasil) September 26, 2022
Of course, as one fan pointed out, maybe Garoppolo was just putting his foot down on racism!
Make fun of #JimmyGaroppolo if you want, but he was only putting his foot down on racism… I think he's brave for making this stand. pic.twitter.com/KPqJWwGYKI
— 𝘚𝘵. 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳 (@saintpeener) September 26, 2022
Following the play, former Detroit Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky may have been the happiest person alive!
IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER
FFFFREEEEEDDDOOOMMMM
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) September 26, 2022
Here are some of the other reactions on Twitter.
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) September 26, 2022
Dan Orlovsky after watching Jimmy G step out the back of the end zone 🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/HNkqG4UzkF
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) September 26, 2022
Sir, Jimmy Garoppolo just Orlovsky’d himself on live television pic.twitter.com/koC8WfaYv0
— Sourdeath Sam (@SourdeathSam) September 26, 2022
Jimmy Garoppolo rn😭 pic.twitter.com/q8rZjxxym3
— Footballism (@FootbaIIism) September 26, 2022
Well, at least #49ers fans and players who are loyal to #JimmyGaroppolo are enjoying themselves in comfortable mediocrity
Cuz this is par for the course for him pic.twitter.com/xZwiGDerMl
— Tyler Menting (@FootballUnlock) September 26, 2022
Jimmy Garoppolo made more mistakes today than any Subway spokesperson ever
— Sam Morril (@sammorril) September 26, 2022
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/maxkoranew/status/1574362570684866561?s=20&t=FoV1iyFeL2ZvMnBwnMgDIA
