Posted on 10/02/2007 9:27:07 AM PDT by rintense
This is what passes for a wild postgame party at Jon Kitna's house.
As midnight nears, Detroit's quarterback sits at his kitchen table picking at a container of leftover pasta salad. The kids are asleep. Worn out after an emotional overtime game at Ford Field, they stayed awake just long enough to wash off the crosses painted on their cheeks. Everyone else is still up, wired and giddy from Kitna's self-proclaimed "miracle" comeback against Minnesota.
After missing half of Detroit's Sept. 16 game with a mild concussion, Kitna returned in the fourth quarter to gut out a 20-17 win. Then he fell to his knees on top of the Lions' midfield logo and linked hands with teammates and foes in a postgame prayer circle. Now, inside the Kitnas' massive cut-stone home in suburban Detroit, wife Jennifer eats homemade ice cream while Jon's mom, Fay, celebrates with a bowl of cornflakes.
Meanwhile, the QB monitors his two-way pager as it vibrates with incoming messages like "Miracles do exist" and "You and the Lions are so very blessed." Kitna and a visitor then begin a loud, verse-quoting joust about the Bible's stance on men with long hair. It's easy to predict Kitna's position: Whenever he bows his head to pray, he also rubs concentric circles into the buzz cut atop his head with his left hand, almost subconsciously.
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I fine with Kitna loving God and all, but don’t for a minute think the Lions are going to beat the Skins this weekend. God loves the Redskins.
The problem with Cincy nowadays is the total absence of leadership. Carson is a fine QB, one of the best, but he and Chad arent doing a whole lot of leading these days.
Cinci’s problem is that half the team is either in jail or court. Leadership comes from above, and until the owners and coaches put an end to the thug atmosphere in Cinci, the team will never contend.
Can I still go to the Tesla Concert?
Can I still go to the Tesla Concert?
Ping for the NFL Ping list keeper....
Lions in playoffs? Maybe. They will swoon as always. Sorry, but I don’t think Kitna is a “first-line” NFL QB.
RB Jones is a bad-luck talisman. He appears to be a practice-field-star. They need to continue starting Bell.
Laast but not least, get some new owners. The Fords don’t care about the playoffs.
I like Kitna just fine, but God doesn’t give one hoot about whether the Lions win some particular game.
As they say about Chad ... All Bling & No Ring!
Yeaaahhhhh...Kitna may not be a front line QB athletically, but he has the smarts, vision and accuracy as a passer to lead Martz’ offense...Mike Martz’ offense is perhaps THE front line NFL offense.
The paucity of talent at LB and in the secondary will doom the Lions this year. Kitna and the offense will be fine.
More importantly, the Redskins at home have beaten the Lions EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Detroit is something like 0-32 at Washington.
Martz’s offense is merely the Coryell system minus the plays where the QB hands the ball off to the RB. It’s the same system used by Al Saunders, Cam Cameron, and the like.
Blasphemer!!! Coryell was just ripping off Sid Gilliam...
Yea, we used to have the record on the road against them until our former kickoff specialist ran one against a few years back.
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Thanks. Where did those guys go?
Dre Bly . . . maybe that explains why he has to change teams every 2 years.
Bly - Denver
Harrington - Atlanta
Williams - Oakland
Hall - St. Louis
Go Lions!
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