Great post!
I am a life long Lions fan. And your right about Kitna. The man is a warrior, and Sunday he proved that and has the utmost respect from the fans. As of right now he can do no wrong, and he is playing like it. For to publicly predict 10 wins in the pre-season based on his play last year, is gutsy. But his play thus far this year is reason enough they will get to 10 wins. he had 240 passing yards sunday, and he missed half the game! He is hitting 7 different recievers in each game. He has totally adapted to Martz's system, and looking like Kurt Warner when he was with St. Louis!
I always liked Kitna. In his days with Seattle in his sophomore season, I said he could be the next Brett Favre. He had more fumbles lost and an average QB rating, and his touchdown to INT ratio was not as good as you like to see in a QB... but neither is Brett Favre's. That's because they both want to win so badly their play aggressively. Kitna's 2003 season with the Bengals was a great year. He had a high QB rating and great numbers across the board. Then he got demoted to backup.
I think he will have a career year based on what we are seeing thus far. I am waiting until I see them play the Eagles this Sunday though. The Lions M.O. for the last 7 years is they come out and start the season good, but after their first three games, the real Lions show up.
But right now that "funk" that has been hovering over the Lions organization appears to be gone. The entire team seems excited, they are cheering for each other, they get fired up in critical situations. If they can keep all of that going and not start the slippery slope down to a high draft pick, this could be a dangerous team in the NFL.
And Kevin Jones is reported to be taking 20-25 snaps next week!
