Stephen A. Smith issued a warning to his ESPN bosses on Monday.
The longtime "First Take" star believes that one of his colleagues is on the verge of getting poached from the network.
Smith issued a warning to his ESPN bosses on Monday, revealing that he believes NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky is on the verge of leaving.
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Smith thinks that Orlovsky could soon leave ESPN, perhaps for a job with an NFL franchise.
“I’m gonna say this on national television to the bosses at ESPN, we need to cherish the people that we have. I don’t think Dan Orlovsky’s gonna be here too much longer, because this man knows his damn football and somebody gonna get smart enough and scoop him up,” Smith said. “Somebody is gonna come to their damn senses and give Louis Riddick a GM job…somebody is gonna scoop up Ryan Clark who is obviously a brilliant football analyst. They’re gonna scoop him up! We have very elite minds here in the sport of football, right here at this network.”
NFL fans aren't quite so sure, though
NFL fans aren't quite as sold on the idea.
"Please..........If that were the case, he would be gone already," one fan wrote.
"I mean does he really know football? Or is he the only face we have to see plastered on every football show so it SEEMS like he knows what he’s talking about? The way they do with all these talking heads these days," one fan added.
"If Josh Allen's fan club manager retires, Dan would be a perfect replacement," another fan joked.
"Telling that the actual best football mind at ESPN is Mina Kimes, yet she is not mentioned at all here," one fan added.
Will Orlovsky be around for much longer at ESPN?
