After a number of cryptic comments about his future with ESPN, Dan Orlovsky has decided to stay with the network.
Orlovsky has agreed on a new deal that will keep him as one of the network’s more prominent football analysts, according to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. The new deal has not yet been signed, but has been agreed upon.
As part of the deal, Orlovsky will remain on “NFL Live” and the second broadcast crew for “Monday Night Football.”
Marchand reported that Orlovsky was considered to replace the retiring Gary Danielson on CBS’ Big Ten broadcasts, but that Orlovsky wanted to see what ESPN would offer him. In the end, he clearly got terms that were agreeable to him.
Orlovsky made headlines after the Super Bowl when he said he was taking a break from ESPN and sounded as if he might be saying farewell to the network. He indicated that he was interested in coaching, and his contract with ESPN expired this summer. Despite those comments, he was back on the air within a month.
Orlovsky has quickly become one of ESPN’s most dependable NFL voices, and is someone the network is clearly a fan of. It is not a huge surprise that he ultimately decided to stay.
