Current:Home > MarketsRome Odunze's dad calls out ESPN's Dan Orlovsky on social media with game footage -Insightful Finance Hub
Rome Odunze's dad calls out ESPN's Dan Orlovsky on social media with game footage
View
Date:2025-04-19 00:32:29
The Chicago Bears are 1-1, but their offense has struggled to keep the ball moving consistently through two weeks. Just don't place any of the blame on rookie wide receiver Rome Odunze.
In a social media post on X, ESPN's Dan Orlovsky called out the former Washington Husky's inability to separate as a reason he and rookie quarterback Caleb Williams are having trouble getting on the same page so far. Odunze's father responded with a video of the young receiver running a slant route and getting open for what could have been an easy touchdown pass against the Tennessee Titans in Week 1.
"The Bears and Caleb are gonna have to get comfortable giving Rome more 'covered' opportunities," Orlovsky wrote on Wednesday. "Rome isn’t getting open at this level right now − Caleb will have to get comfortable throwing him some 50/50 balls."
CHICAGO BEARS:Predictions, picks and odds for NFL Week 3 game vs. Colts
James Odunze posted the video of Rome in response later that day.
All things Bears: Latest Chicago Bears news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.
At 3:30 a.m. ET on Thursday morning, he shared it again with a caption calling out Orlovsky directly: "A quick (2 GAMES out of 17) reference-guide for those with the initials D.O. and work for the Entertainment & Sports Programming Network ... W/respect."
Odunze was not targeted on the play, which instead ended in an incompletion as Williams targeted veteran receiver Keenan Allen on the other side of the field.
NFL WEEK 3 PICKS:Will Ravens beat Cowboys for first win?
Rome Odunze stats
Through two career games, Odunze has been targeted nine times – four times against the Titans in Week 1 and five times against the Houston Texans on Sunday night.
After Week 2, he is up to three receptions for 44 yards and zero touchdowns.
veryGood! (291)
Related
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- Take 42% Off a Bissell Cordless Floor Cleaner That Replaces a Mop, Bucket, Broom, and Vacuum
- Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court
- COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won't be free to many consumers much longer
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power
- 50-pound rabid beaver attacks girl swimming in Georgia lake; father beats animal to death
- The return of Chinese tourism?
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Southern Charm's Taylor Ann Green Honors Late Brother Worth After His Death
Ranking
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Friends Actor Paxton Whitehead Dead at 85
- Missing Titanic Tourist Submersible: Identities of People Onboard Revealed
- Inside Clean Energy: What We Could Be Doing to Avoid Blackouts
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- An Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights seeks to make flying feel more humane
- Maryland’s Capital City Joins a Long Line of Litigants Seeking Climate-Related Damages from the Fossil Fuel Industry
- Kim Zolciak's Daughters Share Loving Tributes to Her Ex Kroy Biermann Amid Nasty Divorce Battle
Recommendation
Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
ESPN's Dick Vitale says he has vocal cord cancer: I plan on winning this battle
Pregnant Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Need to Take a Bow for These Twinning Denim Looks
Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
Texas woman fatally shot in head during road rage incident
Environmental Justice Plays a Key Role in Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Package
Paravel Travel Must-Haves Are What Everyone’s Buying for Summer Getaways