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Jon Kitna #8 | Quarterback | Detroit Lions
Height: 6-2    Weight: 225    Born: Sep 21, 1972, Tacoma, WA

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October 12, 2008
Lions inactives: QB Drew Henson (3rd), QB Jon Kitna, LB Gilbert Gardner, G Stephen Peterman, DT Damion Cook, DT Andre Fluellen, DE Ikaika Alama-Francis, DE Landon Cohen.
October 11, 2008
Quarterback Jon Kitna (back) will not play when the Lions face the Vikings in Week 6, the Detroit News reports. Dan Orlovsky will start in his place, and Drew Stanton will be the backup.
October 10, 2008
Jon Kitna missed Friday's practice while dealing with back spasms, according to the AP.
October 9, 2008
Offensive coordinator Jim Colletto commented that Jon Kitna (back spasms) could be a game-time decision for Sunday's contest against division rival Minnesota, according to MLive.com.
October 9, 2008
Jon Kitna was reportedly not in pads at the onset of Thursday's practice, according to the Detroit Free Press. He is sporting sweats and riding an exercise back instead while he deals with back spasms.
October 8, 2008
Jon Kitna was unable to practice Wednesday due to back spasms, and the team sent him for an MRI, according to MLive.com.
October 6, 2008
The Lions have decided to abandon the no-huddle offense, according to MLive.com. Receiver Roy Williams is not pleased with the decision and said, "We reached for something and it didn't work. So we get rid of it because it didn't work. It is what it is. It doesn't matter whether I agree or disagree. A lot of things don't work but we don't throw it out."
October 5, 2008
Quarterback Jon Kitna was pulled at halftime of the Week 5 loss to the Bears due to back spasms, NFL.com reports. "It started in the first quarter," Kitna explains. "A little back spasm at halftime, it just locked up and really I tried to go back out but I couldn’t really get out."
October 5, 2008
The Lions benched quarterback Jon Kitna during the second half of the Week 5 game against the Bears. The Lions were down 24-0 at the time. Dan Orlovsky took over.
September 29, 2008
Jon Kitna took snaps in practice Monday and showed no signs of having sprained his right knee against San Francisco, according to the Detroit Free Press. The Lions are fresh off their bye.
September 22, 2008
Jon Kitna's knee injury is being termed a knee sprain, according to the Associated Press. “That’s all I have right as of this moment,” HC Rod Marinelli said of Kitna. “Knee sprain and they’re going to evaluate as it goes.”
September 21, 2008
NFL.com reports that Jon Kitna sprained his knee. He left the game in the fourth quarter and did not return.
September 21, 2008
Jon Kitna exited the game against San Francisco late in the fourth quarter with a leg injury.
September 14, 2008
Jon Kitna will remain the starter at quarterback for the Detroit Lions despite throwing three crippling interceptions in the team's loss to the Packers, according to Packers.com.
September 14, 2008
Jon Kitna was a turnover machine Sunday, getting picked off three times late after his team had come back to take the lead against the Packers. He actually had a decent fantasy day, though, throwing for 276 yards and a couple scores.
September 7, 2008
Quarterback Jon Kitna completed 24-of-33 passes for 262 yards with two touchdowns against one interception in the Lions loss to Atlanta.
August 18, 2008
Jon Kitna finished with a perfect 158.3 efficiency rating for the second straight week in preseason play, according to MLive.com. He completed 3-of-3 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown (Sunday against the Bengals), which was hauled in for 27 yards by Calvin Johnson. Kitna connected with Johnson on a 40-yard bomb in the game as well.
August 7, 2008
Lions quarterback Jon Kitna played well in his first preseason action of the year, completing six passes in seven attempts and throwing one touchdown in the Lions 13-10 win over the Giants.
July 20, 2008
Jon Kitna could be on a short leash this season, according to MLive.com.
May 7, 2008
The Detroit Lions are letting local reporters know QB Jon Kitna will see an increased role in the Lions' offensive formations this season, according to the Detroit Free-Press.
May 7, 2008
It was only the second day of the Detroit Lions organized team activities, but it was pretty clear that it's going to be awhile before Dan Orlovsky or Drew Stanton pushes incumbent starting quarterback Jon Kitna in any kind of competition, according to MLive.com. Per Tom Kowalski, the offense wasn’t “clicking” with either Orlovsky or Stanton running the show.
May 6, 2008
Jon Kitna is feeling bold, again. The Lions quarterback told the AP on Tuesday that he expects the club to win 10 games in 2008. "Our expectation is we will be disappointed if we don't win 10 games," Kitna says. "Because that will mean we're not in the playoffs and that sucks. I can't make it any simpler than that. Anybody who says that's not their expectation level is not much of a competitor." The passer made a similar prediction in 2007, and the Lions went 7-9.
May 6, 2008
Detroit offensive coordinator Jim Colletto has indicated that there will be competition for the starting quarterback job, which Jon Kitna has held the last two years. Colletto will spread the practice time in training camp between Kitna and backups Dan Orlovsky and Drew Stanton, according to the Detroit News. No matter how the practice time is divided, Kitna, who has started 32 games in the past two seasons, believes he will continue as the starter. "When Dominic Raiola is in the game, I'll be in the game," Kitna said, referring to the starting center. "That's how I know when I'm up. When I see '51' go in, that's when I go."
April 4, 2008
Rod Marinelli was given a major endorsement from both vice chairman Bill Ford Jr. and GM Matt Millen during this week’s owner meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, according to Pro Football Weekly. Both men enunciated their support for the head coach, despite his record of 10-22 since taking over, and spoke of how much more of an influence Marinelli has had recently over the shaping of the roster. Case in point, Millen had to agree with Marinelli’s assessment that defensive tackle Shaun Rogers never was going to meet his expectations with Detroit, so he was jettisoned out of town. Now only 13 players remain on the roster that Marinelli inherited when he became coach in 2006. Expect his influence to carry a big effect on what the Lions do in the draft in a few weeks.
March 27, 2008
New offensive coordinator Jim Colleto plans to do things much differently than Mike Martz did the past two seasons, including a more balanced offense, with additional running plays and some control for the quarterback at the line of scrimmage, according to the Detroit Free Press. Martz's offense was complex and unbalanced, which caused the team to finish last in rushing in 2006 and 31st last year. Martz did not allow the quarterback to audible, as all the adjustments were built into the plays. The players were supposed to read the defense and react accordingly. However, Colletto is giving the quarterback some control at the line of scrimmage. "For me, it's exciting on the one hand because I know that I'm going to have a little more control, and that's fun because I've been in this league long enough I think that suits me pretty well," quarterback Jon Kitna said. "But on the other hand, that puts more pressure on me, too, because that means I'm going to have to study even more than I did before... and have an input with the game plan." Colleto will also eliminate the seven-step drop favored by Martz, in an effort to reduce the number of quarterback sacks.
February 24, 2008
Dan Orlovsky and Drew Stanton will get more action in the preseason, but they'll have to outplay Jon Kitna by a wide margin to become the Lions' starting quarterback. "Jon's going to start for us," coach Rod Marinelli said in The Detroit News. "I'm going to say that each and every day. He's got leadership and intelligence, and he's a good quarterback. We've got to make sure we're bringing these guys along, too. We've got to get young quarterbacks behind him." Kitna got off to a great start in '07 but finished very poorly. He'll be looking to rebound, but it won't be in Mike Martz's offense.
January 4, 2008
Jon Kitna expressed his disappointment in the team’s decision to fire offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who was replaced on Thursday by Joe Colletto. “I’m not sure what to expect because I’ve been immersed in coach Martz’s system, so I’m not sure what Colletto’s philosophies are,” Kitna told the Detroit Free Press. Colletto served as the offensive line coach prior to his promotion.