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QB Dan Orlovsky, Indianapolis Colts

HT: 6-5, WT: 236, Born: 8-18-1983, College: Connecticut, Drafted: Round 5

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Stats and Week 21 Projection

WK	OPP	RES	CMP	ATT	PYD	Y/A	PTD	INT	RSH	YD	Y/R	TD	FPT
SEASON TOTAL			122	193	1201	6.2	6	4	6	5	0.8	0	83

Week 21 Injury Status and Other News

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Week 21 Matchup Info

The Indianapolis Colts have a bye this week.

Game Summaries

Week 7 at NO - Orlovsky came in only after the game was well in hand and mostly handed the ball off to the RBs and threw against soft coverage. He looked okay in what amounted to a glorified scrimmage with both teams just trying to end the game and call it a night.

Week 9 vs ATL - Dan Orlovsky came cold off the bench late in a game where his team was down in a big way. It's tough to make anything of his performance, perhaps now he will get practice reps during the week and the Colts can see if they have anything in him that could at least be an improvement in the passing game.

Week 10 vs JAX - Orlovsky relieved QB Curtis Painter after his second interception and would finish the game for the Colts, although he fared no better protecting the ball (he lost a fumble on his 3rd play under center) or getting the offense into the endzone (with a drive stalling on 4th down in the red zone), although he did look to be more composed and calm in the pocket on his second series than did Painter. To be fair, though, that was against very soft coverage by Jacksonville who was playing with a 2-TD lead.

Week 13 at NE - Orlovsky's timing was much better than his accuracy for most of the day, but he did take advantage of a weak Pats pass defense and put up huge numbers in his first start. From the very beginning his timing was sharp as he hit Pierre Garcon and Reggie Wayne on the types of timing routes that Kerry Collins and Curtis Painter had been unable to connect on earlier in the year. On their second drive, Orlovsky led the Colts on a 19 play drive that ended in a field goal when he missed a wide open Jacob Tamme in the end zone. The ball was thrown too low and tipped by a linebacker before it got to Tamme who had no one within 10 feet of him. He didn't complete another pass in the half and was beginning to look rattled. In the third quarter the Colts simplified things and Orlovsky completed 3 short passes to his tight ends to start the quarter. Still, he struggled to get much going until the Patriots built up a 4 score lead. Orlovsky seemed to find the groove with the Pats falling back into prevent and dink and dunked the Colts all the way down the field for their first touchdown. His timing was impeccable on the sideline routes to both Garcon and Wayne but many of his throws were low and he was helped by a couple of diving catches from his star receivers. He did make one terrible throw on his only INT, so bad it was hard to tell who he was targeting on the play. On the second TD drive of the 4th quarter he showed good touch on a lob throw to Austin Collie and then threw a perfect strike to Garcon streaking down the right sideline uncovered for 6. The Colts got the ball back with 1:43 left on their own ten and Orlovsky wasted no time going to work. He hit Reggie Wayne right in stride on a slant, connected on a couple of shorter crosses and then threw back to back perfect passes to Garcon. The first was a 40 yard pass down the right sideline aided by an acrobatic catch from Garcon. The second was a perfectly placed pass in the corner of the end zone again to Garcon. As soft as the pats D was, they were not willingly giving up the deep ball and Orlovsky completed several in the 4th quarter. If nothing else he showed a good grasp of what they were running and excellent timing most of the day.

Week 14 at BAL - Orlovsky had a day that many would have predicted. He was unable to orchestrate any resemblance of an adequate NFL offense. The Ravens defense was putting constant pressure on Orlovsky, and he was only able to generate the Colts to 47 yards of offense in the first half. Orlovsky was able to amass some more garbage time production once again but he was unable to move the ball at all until then. Orlovsky showed some zip on a couple throws and just missed another TD in garbage time. He isn't a starter in this league but he may develop to be an adequate backup for a team.

Week 15 vs TEN - After years of being a backup (and not a good one at that), Dan Orlovsky finally had an NFL performance worthy of being called a starting quarterback. Despite throwing only 17 passes, he calmly managed the game-flow and stayed poised despite the Titans constant pass rush. To the Colts' credit, the offensive line did a great job in protecting the pocket. Orlovsky's best throw came on a deep fade to the right side that resulted in a touchdown for receiver Reggie Wayne. On the play, Orlovsky showed deft touch in lofting the ball to a point along the sideline where only Wayne could catch it. The throw was arced over one defender but had enough velocity to avoid interception. Otherwise, Orlovsky threw the ball with nice touch throughout the game.

Week 16 vs HOU - With an inconsistent running game, the passing attack carried the day for the Colts. The Colts receivers deserve perhaps the largest share of praise as they were consistently getting open against the Texans secondary. But Orlovsky showed good decision making in finding the open man and seldom putting the ball into a situation that might result in an interception. Orlovsky's biggest strength was his pocket presence and ability to move within the pocket, frequently getting the ball away quickly or stepping up to avoid the Houston pass rush which were beating the Indianapolis line around the edges but seldom made it pay off with a sack. The Colts offense was able to stay on the field with consistent drives that eventually tired the opposing defense and opened up the running game some in the second half. Indy struggled in the red zone, coming away with three field goals before scoring a game winning touchdown on their final trip down the field.

Week 17 at JAX - Looking at his stats one would think that Orlovsky had a decent day but that was far from the truth. It was a horrible day for Orlovsky as he turned the ball over three times (1 FL, 2 INT) but it should have been even worse. Orlovsky could have easily had another three turnovers. The first one was an interception where the defender somehow didn't stay inbounds even though he had about five yards to operate within. On another would-be interception, Orlovsky threw it directly to a defender but the defender dropped it. The last was a stack-strip fumble; it's mystifying how the Jaguars did not come up with the ball since they had two defenders fighting over it but a Colts player coming in late found a way to get the ball back. Even with all of the turnovers, the Colts were within one possession of wining this game, taking them out of the first position of the 2012 NFL draft. Luckily for Colts fans, they did lose, and the Colts secured the number one pick. Orlovsky got a lot of his production in catch up mode in the fourth quarter, and he made his receiver WR Austin Collie fantasy relevant for the first time this year. Collie got a bulk of his receptions on their last drive of the game so the stats skew what really happened most of the game. Orlovsky continued to have a good rapport with WR Reggie Wayne building on the strong performances from previous weeks. The Colts had a tough time getting the running game going making them one dimensional. And even that dimension really only worked on the first drive of the third quarter and last drive of the game. It was a disappointing day for Orlovsky after playing well against the Texans last week but he missed a lot of practice this week (he and his wife welcomed triplets) which could have contributed to his poor play. He completed a high percentage of passes but that was due to most of the targets being less than 10 yards.