ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky catches massive stray from Stephen A. Smith
By Matt Reed
While Monday night was a huge evening for ESPN as one of the network's former beloved SportsCenter anchors made his long-awaited return, the Worldwide Leader in Sports certainly had some drama on the set of one of their most popular daytime shows.
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ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith is never one to shy away from a beef, even with a fellow colleague, and he took the time to take a shot at NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky during an episode of First Take.
Stephen A. Smith: "To all of the quarterbacks in college, in pros, damn it, in prep: if there is an explanation to assuage concerns about you at the quarterback position, Dan Orlovsky will find it. I mean, this brother doesn't have objectivity when it comes to quarterbacks." pic.twitter.com/igPID0ejia
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Smith made an outlandish claim that Orlovsky will do anything to tear down quarterbacks, whether it's at the NFL, college football or even youth levels and even stated that his colleague "doesn't have objectivity" when it comes to the position.
That led to NFL insider Adam Schefter quickly jumping to the defense of Orlovsky, which is certainly not a great look for Smith as that could bring another influential ESPN figure into this heated feud.ki
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