Jon Kitna Is Probably Done In Detroit

by Skeller on Jan 7, 2009 12:00 PM EST in Football

Remember Jon Kitna? Big-armed QB, put up 4000+ passing yards in both 2006 AND 2007? He injured after Week 4, went on the IR and the Lions went on to lose the next 12 games.

This is a weeks-old article, but it has some good info.

Marinelli said he spoke to quarterback Jon Kitna a couple of weeks ago. The Lions placed Kitna on injured reserve with a back injury Oct. 14, and Kitna disagreed publicly.

Could Kitna play now if he were eligible?

"Oh, I would think so," Marinelli said.

Kitna has not been at team headquarters like some other injured players. Asked why not, Marinelli seemed to indicate it was a veteran's call.

Like everybody else in Detroit, Kitna is disgruntled. But I hadn't realized that he publicly disagreed with his being put on IR. That would tick anybody off. With a new GM and a new coach coming in, it seems very likely that Kitna will be dropped (or traded, if somebody needs an experienced veteran at QB).

I think Kitna still has something left and could have a Warner-like season in the right situation (like, for example, in Arizona). I can't wait to see where he lands.

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Much like the fall of the Soviet Union, I believe the ushering out of management and coaching staff will reveal a whole lot more than a disgruntled qb. A tragedy like the Detroit Lions takes years to develop and nurture and when the smoke clears the new guys will be only so enthusiastic to publicly air out all the mismanagement of the past as a way to show players, fans, and ownership that sort of stuff won’t fly on the new squad.
Problem is, without new ownership, there won’t be enough of the bad mojo coming from the top down to actually be a .500 team.
And in this economy, and in a state like Michigan where they’re burning their ticket-stubs for fuel, there ain’t no one able to take that team off the Fords’ hands.

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