QB Rumor #409 - Jon Kitna
Unlike most QB rumors this one is different only because I am starting it. I imagine I'm not the first person to bring up the name, but I have yet to see it written anywhere.
This article summizes that the Detroit Lions might consider dumping Jon Kitna and go with Drew Stanton. The logic is it would give Lions head coach Rod Marinelli more time and less pressure since they can say they are bringing up a new QB.
Nobody knows right now if Stanton can perform at this level, but it's also that air of uncertainty that makes him Rod Marinelli's trump card this season.
The Lions think they're a playoff team. Common sense suggests otherwise, and should the Lions once again live down to the general public's low expectations, Marinelli might replace Jon Kitna with Stanton as the starting quarterback.
I realize that this is a major long shot and it wouldn't even be a potential move until mid season at the earliest, but just look ahead. Say Grossman and Orton cannot get the job done. I don't think I am surprising anybody when I say the odds on that are not astronomical. Would Kitna be a good move for the Bears?
Kitna has had his share of success in the NFL. His last two seasons he has passed for over 4,000 yards. In those two years he has thrown for 21 and 18 TD (also 20 and 22 INTs). Including those two years he has 7 years over 3,000 yards and has an average per completion of 11.1 yards. Compared to the 5 yards our QBs like that is a big improvement. Now whether our receivers or line can do anything to make him a viable solution is anybody's guess at this time.
So the question to you, would you be interested in seeing Jon Kitna in Chicago should Rex and Kyle flop?
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My headache is coming back
If we’re bringing in Kitna, I also want Jim Miller to come back. We can pull him out of the geriatric home, give him some Viagra, and he should be up and running.
I’m just depressed now :(
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by ChiFan13 on Aug 8, 2008 3:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I always liked Kitna
He’s a tough s.o.b., and he puts his usually lousy teams in a position to win. I like him.
by MikeIowa on Aug 8, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
YES
He’s had recent sucess and stays healthy (as far as I can remember)..
by CoolHand on Aug 8, 2008 4:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
apparently
if we fix the whole team grossman will be tom brady, so just do that.
by mike b on Aug 8, 2008 5:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is humorous....
because I wanted the Bears to draft Stanton.
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by SackMan on Aug 8, 2008 5:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WCG
I could have sworn we’re already on 416.
(As in, number of QB rumors)
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by thecoolest on Aug 8, 2008 6:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
7 of those were rumors about our own QBs
so I didn’t count them.
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by Adam T on Aug 8, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Chance
Kitna is awful….the only reason he starts is because he plays for the Lions.
by jay_tee_slash on Aug 8, 2008 7:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All you need to know about that article...
by Sean Yuille on Aug 8, 2008 11:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Also
I should mention Orlovsky, Kitna’s current backup, is much better than Stanton.
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by Sean Yuille on Aug 8, 2008 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
psh
behind our ragtag offensive line no one will get the job done. gonna be a long year.
by lopey986 on Aug 9, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kitna is a great backup ... not a starter
I actually think Jon Kitna is a lot like Rex Grossman. He is a backup who looks pretty good occasionally but makes critical mistakes at critical times. Grossman has a stronger arm. Kitna has more experience. Grossman knows the offense. Kitna doesn’t. Grossman is, what?, 28? 30? Kitna is, what, 34? 43? I would actually sign Byron Leftwich. He has a great arm. He has experience. He is probably better than what the Bears have. He may not be healthy, so you might have to put him on the PUP. But whatever, he is better than what they have.
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by oldcleat on Aug 9, 2008 11:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He would get
DESTROYED because of our o-line. He can barely get out of the pocket as it is, then consider what he’d be behind. No thanks to Leftwich.
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by thecoolest on Aug 10, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
orlovsky better than stanton?
Yeah ok what pre season game did u watch? stantons the obvious starter in this bunch! the other two id trade off they both suck! brian brohm for the packers also better than a rodgers! bottom line is i love the lions threw and threw but millen is the worst gm ever! i mean i swear another reciever yes he did it again in a spot were we obviously have no need 4 the retard drafts another WR instead of a backup qb! because well u know kitnas so good!
by lionscott on Aug 10, 2008 5:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kitna
takes way too many sacks. He’s lost 700 yards on sacks the past two seasons (63 and 51 sacks the past two years!). It’s why Mark Brunell fell from grace at JAX. It’s why Grossman looked so terrible last season even when he looked decent throwing the football. Like the Giants game. Like the Broncos game.
Both teams lines were terrible. I doubt Kitna would be much better. Unless our line actually plays decent football and Forte can actually pick up the occasional blitz, or, rather, the frequent blitzing.
by mikebdot on Aug 11, 2008 8:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
nobody's mentioning the fact that Kitna has a damn good receiving corps in Detroit...
...whereas the best we’ve got is an AFL player, a pure punt returner, a TO-like attitude problem that’s working on his last chance at the NFL, and a bunch of other question marks in between.
take away Roy Williams, Furrey, Calvin Johnson, and McDonald in favor of the Bears corps and I bet Kitna’s numbers drop by at least 1/3, if not more, in all categories. except for int’s and the sacks mikebdot mentioned.
he’s an old concussion case and a liability on any NFL roster at this point in his career.
by The Spaniard on Aug 11, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Touche
Didn’t even think of that loaded WR corp in Detroit…good point.
One would think you could toss Henry Burris on that team, tell him to imagine playing the game ‘500’, and the WR’s would get it, but obviously not.
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