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I've got Kitna backing up Cutler so, barring something catastrophic, I'm good till week 8. What are the chances Kitna is still starting at that point? He looked like crap last week and it doesn't look like he's playing this week. I know they are saying back spasms, but is it really just a way to guide him to the bench honorably? Lions are going nowhere fast and they may want to see what else they've got. The free agent QB's are extremely limited in my league (Russell, Collins, Frerotte, Flacco and the flavor of the week in KC) and if Kitna isn't going to be starting next month I need to make a play for one now.

What say you? Will Kitna be starting in early November?

 
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I think so.

I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.

 
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I think so.I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.
So you're predicting that Orlovsky gets injured and the Lions will determine fully and to their satisfaction that Stanton isn't worth developing all in the next 3 weeks? That seems like a lot of ground to cover.
 
I think so.I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.
So you're predicting that Orlovsky gets injured and the Lions will determine fully and to their satisfaction that Stanton isn't worth developing all in the next 3 weeks? That seems like a lot of ground to cover.
:lmao: I thought the irony was obvious, but whatevs...Orlovsky is not the answer, and whether by sheer incompetance or getting creamed repeatedly, I don't think it will take more than 60 minutes to prove his worth (zero, zip, zilch, nada).Ditto for Stanton, who is even more fragile...but his scrambling will earn him start No. 2...at which point it will be apparent he doesn't have the accuracy required to excel at this level.Or Kitna gets healthy and starts Week 7...either way, to me its an issue of talent, and youth alone will not warrant throwing away the season to evaluate mediocre backups.
 
I think so.I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.
So you're predicting that Orlovsky gets injured and the Lions will determine fully and to their satisfaction that Stanton isn't worth developing all in the next 3 weeks? That seems like a lot of ground to cover.
3 weeks? Hell we might do that in three quarters this week.
 
I think so.I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.
So you're predicting that Orlovsky gets injured and the Lions will determine fully and to their satisfaction that Stanton isn't worth developing all in the next 3 weeks? That seems like a lot of ground to cover.
:lmao: I thought the irony was obvious, but whatevs...
it was
 
I think so.I base that on the following scenario: Orlovsky will start this week, and look awful or get broken in half. At 0-5 Marinelli will decide he needs to evaluate Stanton. We'll find out Drew is the 2008 version of Mike McMahon, and at 0-7, "Jon gives us the best opportunity to win a game right now" will the catch phrase at the October 27 presser.
So you're predicting that Orlovsky gets injured and the Lions will determine fully and to their satisfaction that Stanton isn't worth developing all in the next 3 weeks? That seems like a lot of ground to cover.
:mellow: I thought the irony was obvious, but whatevs...Orlovsky is not the answer, and whether by sheer incompetance or getting creamed repeatedly, I don't think it will take more than 60 minutes to prove his worth (zero, zip, zilch, nada).Ditto for Stanton, who is even more fragile...but his scrambling will earn him start No. 2...at which point it will be apparent he doesn't have the accuracy required to excel at this level.Or Kitna gets healthy and starts Week 7...either way, to me its an issue of talent, and youth alone will not warrant throwing away the season to evaluate mediocre backups.
You call it "irony", and then you type three more sentences defending the statement. :goodposting:Stanton is raw and needs development, and that development has certainly been disrupted first by injuries, then with Martz's departure and now with a likely coaching change either during the season or immediately following it. Still, I think he's an intruging prospect given his athletic talents, and for fantasy purposes you can't ignore that he's throwing to some good WR's. My hope is that the team devotes this coming offseason to working with him as a starter with the first team, and uses next season to determine whether he can turn into anything. My fear is that his mechanics may turn off the (presumed) new coach and GM of the team and prompt the drafting of another QB by the Lions, relegating Stanton to backup status before he gets much of a chance to play. We'll see.
 
there's still a lot of games left. if this were week 13 or 14, then yes i could see the Lions testing their young QBs. But the Lions have an obligation to whatever fans they have left to put the best product out there that gives them the best chance to win. Don't forget, everyone, even the NFL is feeling the effects of economy. Ford stock is selling at about $2 per share ... they can't afford to scrap the season. they need as many people in the seats as possible. They need the team to stay competitive, and that means changing how they do some things, but it also means that Kitna will be back behind center. The Kitna owner in my league just dumped him ... considering this is a start 2QB league, i think he made a huge mistake because Kitna WILL be back

 
there's still a lot of games left. if this were week 13 or 14, then yes i could see the Lions testing their young QBs. But the Lions have an obligation to whatever fans they have left to put the best product out there that gives them the best chance to win. Don't forget, everyone, even the NFL is feeling the effects of economy. Ford stock is selling at about $2 per share ... they can't afford to scrap the season. they need as many people in the seats as possible. They need the team to stay competitive, and that means changing how they do some things, but it also means that Kitna will be back behind center. The Kitna owner in my league just dumped him ... considering this is a start 2QB league, i think he made a huge mistake because Kitna WILL be back
Stay Competitive. They have been competitive in years.
 
John Kitna.

The h is for Hellacious, heinous, hideous, horrifying, hopeless, and any other H word you can come up with. Jon is done like dinner, and so are the Lions.

 
Yes, the Lions suck.

But they're also behind all of the time and have two outstanding WRs to throw too = Fantasy Football value.

As long as Kitna is the healthy and the starter, he'll put up good fantasy numbers.

They also still seem committed to him as they have been the past few years, even when out of contention.

 

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