Ex-NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky sparks debate on towel etiquette

Dan Orlovsky performed within the NFL from 2005 to 2015 and have become the butt of the joke at one level when he ran out of the again of the tip zone as quarterback for the Detroit Lions.

After his enjoying days had been over, Orlovsky has turn into a well-respected NFL analyst on ESPN and has made breakdowns of sure performs straightforward to devour. However, on Tuesday, he raised eyebrows and ignited a debate over towel etiquette after showering.

Dan Orlovsky, #8 of the Detroit Lions, in motion in the course of the sport in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 12, 2016 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Justin Ok. Aller/Getty Images)

Orlovsky responded to a tweet from Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey about showering. Humphrey made an excellent level about having a full-body blower to dry off as an alternative of a towel.

“I need to have the ability to bathe after which have a full physique blower dry me off. Boom. No towel. How has somebody not created this but,” the Ravens participant wrote.

Orlovsky chimed in and wrote that he was weirder than him to which Humphrey requested whether or not anybody actually preferred towels.

Dan Orlovsky seems to be on previous to Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

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Here is the place issues took a flip.

“How many occasions do you employ a towel put up bathe until you throw it in laundry? I’m 30 occasions or so until it goes in,” Orlovsky wrote. “And no I agree however that air higher be HOT.”

The takes then poured in.

Orlovsky was a UConn standout earlier than he was taken within the fifth spherical of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Lions.

He performed for the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers earlier than wrapping his profession with Detroit in 2015.

Quarterback Dan Orlovsky, #6 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, reacts to a penalty name in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers Dec. 15, 2013 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

In 26 profession video games, Orlovsky had 3,132 passing yards and 15 landing passes.