|High School Harry| Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 The Dallas Cowboys are re-signing quarterback Jon Kitna with Tony Romo dealing with a herniated disk that may end his season. The Cowboys worked out quarterbacks David Carr, John Skelton,Tyler Thigpen, Richard Bartel and Caleb Hanie on Tuesday.Kitna would back up Kyle Orton if he's starting with Romo likely out this week against the Philadelphia Eagles. Kitna, 41, has been coaching and teaching at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. The Cowboys cut kick returner Michael Spurlock, who had a 62-yard return against the Washington Redskins during his first game with Dallas. Kitna last played for the Cowboys in 2011. Kitna has played 15 NFL seasons, including stints with Dallas, theDetroit Lions, CIncinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks. He has passed for 29,745 career yards and 169 touchdowns and 165 interceptions. In 2010, he started nine games for the Cowboys when Romo was injured and passed for 2,365 yards, 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontPushMe Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigris Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Orton comes in with Kitna's guidance and beats the Eagles and takes the Cowboys to a AFC Championship or SB... then what happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texbengal Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Pretty funny, Kitna didn't even try out, and Jason Garrett's first reaction to Kitna's interest was, "are you serious?" I can imagine how bad the tryout for the others was. Sure, Kitna knew the offense well... 2 years ago. Maybe he can help determine the mathematical probability of the coin flip, if nothing else. Or solve a word problem: if DeMarco Murray gets injured every 6 carries, and he's carried it twice already, what percentage of carries does he have left before he likely has to leave the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Cool story. Always liked Kitna. Just didn't want him as the starter. Best part of the story is he's looking at a paycheck of $55K, and he's going to donate it to the high school where he works. Small hands. Not the best decisions when the adrenalin is flowing. Amazingly good guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Cool story. Always liked Kitna. Just didn't want him as the starter. Best part of the story is he's looking at a paycheck of $55K, and he's going to donate it to the high school where he works. Small hands. Not the best decisions when the adrenalin is flowing. Amazingly good guy! Enquirer Sports @ENQSports9m Former #Bengals QB Jon Kitna to donate his paycheck from the Cowboys to the high school where he now teaches math: http://cin.ci/Ju0f1M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted December 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Enquirer Sports @ENQSports9m Former #Bengals QB Jon Kitna to donate his paycheck from the Cowboys to the high school where he now teaches math: http://cin.ci/Ju0f1M Cool! Maybe they can use it to buy a couple of erasers and a box of chalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 just turned on NFLN...the suckfest is full-on sucktastic. I'm happy for the Bengals to fly under the radar, though. :19: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Orton comes in with Kitna's guidance and beats the Eagles and takes the Cowboys to a AFC Championship or SB... then what happens? There is ZERO chance that the Cowboys win the AFC this year. FIRST - they have to beat Philly to win the NFC East SECOND - they have to beat an NFC Wild Card team (New Orleans, Carolina, San Francisco, Seattle, Arizona - pick one) THIRD - they then have to travel to beat the NFC South or NFC West champ (see list above) FOURTH - they then have to have the NFL transfer them out of the NFC and into the AFC FIFTH - if they pull all of that off, THEN they have to win the AFC No freaking way, as I see step #4 as their biggest stumbling block. Also, FOX would complain if they didn't have an NFC Championship game to televise, what with the 2 AFC finalists AND the Cowboys somehow playing a three-sided game over on CBS. No, there is no chance that the Cowboys could win the AFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Kitna to donate this week's $53K game check to the high school where he works: Linky: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/tony-romo-jon-kitna-dallas-cowboys/ Next week at schools around the country, teachers and students will start classes by discussing what they did over winter break. A math teacher at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. will have a better story than most. Jon Kitna, the 41-year-old former NFL quarterback who is now a high school math teacher and football coach, was signed this week by the Dallas Cowboys. He’ll serve as Kyle Orton’s backup if Tony Romo is unable to play in Sunday night’s NFC East championship. For that, Kitna will receive a game check of approximately $53,000 — not bad for a few days work. But Kitna won’t be cashing that check himself. He told Cowboys play-by-play man Brad Sham he’ll donate the money to his high school, according to The Dallas Morning News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Classy move, even though I'm pretty certain he won't be able to help the Cowboys win the AFC this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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