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O'HARA: Rudock getting every opportunity to be No. 2 QB

INDIANAPOLIS –General manager Bob Quinn has ended any doubt about whether Jake Rudock’s staus is rising on the Detroit Lions’ quarterback depth chart.

Rudock will begin the offseason as the No. 2 quarterback behind starter Matthew Stafford with Quinn’s confirmation Wednesday

that veteran backup Dan Orlovsky will not be brought back.

Speculation began recently that Orlovsky’s tenure was over in Detroit when Orlovsky posted some cryptic tweets that he had been told by Lions management he will not be back.

Orlovsky’s departure leaves the door wide open for Rudock to be the backup.