Way to bring up one mistake Orlovsky made. Dan tried to get away instead of falling down like Kitna would've done. That was his first ever start, in the Vikings stadium against a good defense. He played well in that game, so what if he got a safety, at least he didn't lie down.
Stanton doesn't play because he sucks, if he showed any potential during practice or when he got in, they'd play him. The coaches didn't have anything against him, he just isn't a good quarterback. He wasn't even worth a second round pick. He was, at best, a decent college quarterback, Millen made a boneheaded move taking him in the 2nd round.
Orlovsky almost won us the Vikings game, Colts game, Texans game and the Packers game. If the defense could have stepped up at least once, we would've won. The refs also stole the vikings game from us because Calvin didn't fumble and the pass interference call was total bullshit.
Orlovsky played well for being thrown into the fire, than breaking his hand and sitting out, than coming back in. You have no idea what you are talking about if you think Orlovsky sucks. Is he good? No. Is he acceptable? Yes.
The Lions are making a mistake not having Orlovsky on the roster. Mayhew is living in the past with Culpepper or he's been running PA fly routes on Madden 09 with Calvin Johnson to much.