Le Tigre Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 That isn't even 20-20 hindsight. Having the Quitter sit that year was absolutely the right thing to do. It was never "in favor of" Kitna--it was a placeholding. That team had no chance of protecting a wet-behind-the-ears (Heisman or not) from getting completely destroyed. That Jon was able to keep them even somewhat upright, was a miracle in and of itself. The following year, after the Quitter declared himself "ready", he was put in--and promptly went 1-4 out of the box. But, he got better, and was obviously more comfortable during the course of the entire season--having the "learning" year to draw from. I say: we never would have had 2005, without that learning season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Le Tigre said: That isn't even 20-20 hindsight. Having the Quitter sit that year was absolutely the right thing to do. It was never "in favor of" Kitna--it was a placeholding. That team had no chance of protecting a wet-behind-the-ears (Heisman or not) from getting completely destroyed. That Jon was able to keep them even somewhat upright, was a miracle in and of itself. The following year, after the Quitter declared himself "ready", he was put in--and promptly went 1-4 out of the box. But, he got better, and was obviously more comfortable during the course of the entire season--having the "learning" year to draw from. I say: we never would have had 2005, without that learning season. LT-Levi Jones LG-Eric Steinbach C-Rich Braham RG-Mike Goff RT-Willie Anderson RB-Corey Dillon RB-Rudi Johnson WR-Chad Johnson WR-PW Nonsense, one of the best offensive lines we ever had. All kinds of weapons. I never said START him day one. He could have just as easily gone 1-4 in 2003 after the bye week since the team was already 1-4. The team was NEVER going to get to the 10 wins it needed to make the playoffs at that point. Sorry, team started 1-4 so at some point it was time to get him reps so he would be ready for 2004. Just think if he had 6 or 7 games under his belt BEFORE 2004 started? Marvin could NEVER see the big picture. This wasn't Patrick Mahomes sitting behind 3 time pro-bowler Alex Smith who was 50-26 with the Chiefs and had finished the previous season 12-4, it was 2-10 Jon Fucking Kitna who at one point in 2002, got benched for Gus Ferrotte AND Akile Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_C_Deadpeople Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 All hail Kitten Mittens! Merv handled Palmer correctly given the whole team needed to be rebuilt. Given how much Palmer respected Kitna we can surmise it was the right move . Of course undone by Mikey who did not resign Kitna even though he told Palmer he would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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