Dan Orlovsky is one of the most avid tape grinders in all of NFL media. On Tuesday after NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner questioned how anyone keeps up with a full weekend of games, Orlovsky gave a little lesson on his approach.
In an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Orlovsky broke down his routine each Sunday and how he can crunch 12 games by the time he has to give takes about the NFL on ESPN.
“I try to watch about, I want to say, eight games Sunday afternoon into Sunday night. And then I watch another, hopefully, four or five on Monday,” Orlovsky said. “I don’t watch all of them by Monday, but I watch all of them that I’m going to talk about.”
Orlovsky admitted he spends time with family most of Sunday before getting to work in the afternoon.
“I’m not married to the television at 1 o’clock, but by 4 or 5 o’clock, that’s when I sit down, laptop and just hop on (Next Generation Stats) and start to rewatch games,” he explained.
In a post on X earlier Tuesday, Warner either proved himself as the most honest man in NFL media or outed himself as a very slow game viewer, depending on how you see it.
“How do all these ppl talk about these players & teams on a Monday as if they have watched the games & really can evaluate them???” Warner wrote. “Can you guys share your routine so I can see if it’s more efficient?”
So McAfee Show regular and retired NFL defensive back Darius Butler gave Orlovsky an opening to share his routine and help a fellow former quarterback out.
While Orlovsky has shared his approach plenty of times before, it’s not exactly the most aggressive tape-grinding. He basically takes the entire early slate off and plays catch-up all day. There’s no Sunday Ticket madness or all-nighters happening in the Orlovsky household.
One way or another, hopefully Warner figures it out.
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