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Dan Orlovsky jokingly recalls running out of the end zone 10 years ago

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Dan Orlovsky has for years held a good sense of humor about his biggest goof as an NFL quarterback: running out of the back of the end zone on a pass.

The play took place 10 years ago, and it has since been symbolic for a 2008 Lions team that became the first squad in NFL history to go 0-16 in a season.

The former Lions backup quarterback-turned-analyst went on ESPN's "Get Up" this week and had some fun recounting the memory:

So, today...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY [?] pic.twitter.com/MeLX5ZCRXS

-- Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) October 15, 2018

The moment wasn't the most fun for the Lions at the time, but that 0-16 season did lead them to the No.