Overview
- Former Lions quarterback and current ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky said on The Pat McAfee Show that he would love to be Detroit’s offensive coordinator and would pursue it only with mutual interest.
- Evan Fox of The Pat McAfee Show floated Orlovsky as an outside-the-box option, citing his familiarity with Ben Johnson’s system and his support of Jared Goff.
- Orlovsky posted on X a brief list of concepts — “6OL Under center Play action pass Motions” — that observers read as aligning with Detroit’s offensive identity.
- Detroit’s search remains active with reported interviews or meetings involving candidates such as Jake Peetz, Tee Martin, Mike McDaniel and Mike Kafka, and no hire has been announced.
- The Lions fired first-year coordinator John Morton after the offense faded late in the season, heightening urgency to stabilize the scheme around Goff and a talented skill group.