The Facts: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Thursday morning that they've signed Orlovsky to a two-year, $2.5 million deal.

Diehards Line:Orlovsky, 28, is expected to replace Josh Johnson as Josh Freeman's backup. Johnson is expected to move on as a free agent. ... As PFT's Evan Silva notes, Orlovsky's career record in spot starts is 2-10, though he did help engineer the Indianapolis Colts' only two wins of the 2011 season. Orlovsky holds a career touchdown-to-interception ratio of 14:12, and he's completed 58.5 percent of his passes.