Aug 31, 2017; Green Bay, WI, USA; Los Angeles Rams quarterback Dan Orlovsky (8) throws a pass during warmups p before a game me against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Not even 24 hours after Chris Russo took a jab at Jeff Saturday’s coaching, Adam Schefter zinged Dan Orlovsky for his quarterback prowess — or lack thereof.

ESPN’s airwaves are filled with playful banter these days on its morning shows — not as much as the Dallas Cowboys — but ribbing one another has become a tradition. Of course, there are worse traditions to participate in, like running out of the back of end zones, but those at the Worldwide Leader seem to know how to have fun at Orlovsky’s expense.

And that includes the network’s lead NFL insider.

As he waxed poetic about the dynamic duo of Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown, who have connected on 30 straight completions, Orlovsky turned to Harry Douglas. He argued that he and his Get Up cohort could go outside, throw the pigskin around, and connect on perhaps 28-of-30 passes.

Easy to do in practice. In a game? 1-in-780,000.

“If I took me and Harry or any quarterback-wide receiver in the duo in the NFL right now and just said, ‘Go out to practice and throw 30 balls,’ you’re gonna go like 28-of-30 — and that would be normal,” said Orlovsky. “Doing it in-game is absolutely ridiculous statistically.”

Douglas said they’d probably go something like 25-of-30, but neither established if they were talking in their post-playing careers or in the league together.

It didn’t matter.

Well, at least not to Adam Schefter.

“What if he did it with a big-time quarterback?” Schefter asked, pointing toward the former Atlanta Falcons and Tennessee Titans wideout.

Ouch.

Does he mean Matt Ryan or Marcus Mariota/Matt Cassel?

That delayed reaction wasn’t contemplating whether Schefter was referring to the good to medium-bad quarterbacks Douglas played with (2008-17); it was that Schefter actually went there.

“Oh… that’s not nice,” said Mike Greenberg. “Not nice, but funny.”

Orlovsky tried to convince Schefter (and himself) that he was the big-time quarterback in question before imploring Schefter to look at him if he would drag his journeyman quarterback name through the mud.

If Schefter needs a “big-time quarterback,” he may look elsewhere on ESPN’s Rolodex before calling Orlovsky.

Alex Smith, anyone?

[Get Up]

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