04-21-2019, 12:35 AM
(04-20-2019, 03:25 PM)Whatever Wrote: Kitna was the starter for the disastrous 2-14 campaign that led to the #1 overall pick and posted a 79 QBR. He had a career year in '03 while Palmer rode the pine, but he was a journeyman at best.
I'd say he was decent. Far better than what we were dealing with before him, for sure.
That 79 rating ranked him 20th in passer rating, which was respectable. He was 12th in yards/game and 7th in completion %.
We inserted Kitna in week 3, and after the BYE, he and Chad had a pretty great 9 game stretch. During that time:
- We averaged 24.3 points
- Kitna averaged 259 yards, 1.7 TD's with a 90.5 rating
- Chad averaged 91.3 yards on a whopping 18.3 yards per catch
Despite their performance down the stretch, we only went 2-7 in these games, thanks to our league worst scoring defense.
Kitna and Chad flashed their chemistry in 2002 though, so it wasn't a surprise that they blew up in 2003.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
