FOX tried to lure Dan Orlovsky away, but the rising star analyst is staying in Bristol according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. In addition to appearing on First Take, NFL Live, and Get Up, Orlovsky also adds some NFL play-by-play duties as part of his new contract.
ESPN will have a secondary NFL booth for select games this season. While Troy Aikman and Joe Buck will be on the primary Monday Night Football broadcast, Orlovsky will join Steve Levy and Louis Riddick in the secondary booth. They will call doubleheaders as well as a handful of simulcasts.
Sources told Marchand that FOX never considered Orlovsky a candidate to join Kevin Burkhardt in its top NFL booth. The network was offering him the chance to do some play-by-play and also be at the center of a weekday NFL show.
Dan Orlovsky played for a decade in the NFL after spending his college years at UConn. He came to ESPN in 2018 and has covered both college and professional football for the network.
