Kitna gives me the Brad Johnson feeling

[cowboyvic]

Im getting the same feeling about this guy that i had about Johnson.(HE's FINISHED)we better not lose Romo for 2 or 3 games. because if we do, it's over. many reports from the OTA's and mini-camp, say the guy was terrible. when you are 37 or 38 years old. it can be over before you know it. we all better pray Romo does not get hurt. because if he does. we may be looking at Brad Johnson all over again. who agrees?

 

[theogt]

Kitna, at least in last year's training camp, still has an arm. Johnson was completely shot. He had nothing left in his arm -- he couldn't make all the throws.

Kitna may not have the drive or may lack the mental sharpness or even the physical precision due to age (all of which would be more pronounced in practice vs. a game), but he doesn't have the same problem as Johnson, and unless he contracted some kind of disease that deteriorated his body in 12 months, won't have the same problem as Johnson.

 

[Hagman]

Im getting the same feeling about this guy that i had about Johnson.(HE's FINISHED)we better not lose Romo for 2 or 3 games. because if we do, it's over. many reports from the OTA's and mini-camp, say the guy was terrible. when you are 37 or 38 years old. it can be over before you know it. we all better pray Romo does not get hurt. because if he does. we may be looking at Brad Johnson all over again. who agrees?

I agree with theoght. Johnson was completely spent, while Kitna still has, some gas in the tank. Now, the tank here is on a used Mazda and not a Rolls Royce, but Brad was a clunker up on blocks in the front yard.

 

[cowboyvic]

Kitna, at least in last year's training camp, still has an arm. Johnson was completely shot. He had nothing left in his arm -- he couldn't make all the throws.

Kitna may not have the drive or may lack the mental sharpness or even the physical precision due to age (all of which would be more pronounced in practice vs. a game), but he doesn't have the same problem as Johnson.

OK. but i heard the same thing about Johnson his last year. we were told Brad was fine. i hope you are right. but i have a bad feeling about Kitna. hope he never see's the field.

 

[sureletsrace]

Kitna is more of a well-maintained Acura Legend. Good. Not elite, not truly luxury, not great, but good.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

i dont get that feeling at all.

 

[theogt]

OK. but i heard the same thing about Johnson his last year. we were told Brad was fine. i hope you are right. but i have a bad feeling about Kitna. hope he never see's the field.

Well, I never saw Brad Johnson in practice, so I couldn't tell you what he looked like.

 

[SDCowboy]

Kitna is a backup. He's supposed to get the team through games in one piece. If a backup could win games consistently he wouldn't be a backup. Any team that has a top QB in the league is screwed if that QB goes down.

 

[LandryFan]

Im getting the same feeling about this guy that i had about Johnson.(HE's FINISHED)we better not lose Romo for 2 or 3 games. because if we do, it's over. many reports from the OTA's and mini-camp, say the guy was terrible. when you are 37 or 38 years old. it can be over before you know it. we all better pray Romo does not get hurt. because if he does. we may be looking at Brad Johnson all over again. who agrees?

Not me.

 

[StylisticS]

i dont get that feeling at all.

Neither do I.

 

[CATCH17]

Kitna, at least in last year's training camp, still has an arm. Johnson was completely shot. He had nothing left in his arm -- he couldn't make all the throws.

Kitna may not have the drive or may lack the mental sharpness or even the physical precision due to age (all of which would be more pronounced in practice vs. a game), but he doesn't have the same problem as Johnson, and unless he contracted some kind of disease that deteriorated his body in 12 months, won't have the same problem as Johnson.

Agree with this.

I think it's important to still look at his physical abilities every pre-season though.

Last year I thought it was still good. It seems like when these guys tank they go down quick.

 

[mldardy]

I'd like to see McGee get some playing time in the preseason. True Kitna will see the field before McGee if Romo goes down but I am curious to see what McGee can do.

 

[CATCH17]

I'd like to see McGee get some playing time in the preseason. True Kitna will see the field before McGee if Romo goes down but I am curious to see what McGee can do.

You'll get your wish.

But they always do something stupid like giving the 4th QB 2 or 3 quarters in the preseason.

Unless Matt Nichols looks like a better or close to prospect than McGee in practice please don't make us watch him in preseason games.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I don't see it either.

Brad was brought in mainly for holding on kicks and pray he never had to play.

 

[CowboyMike]

I don't see it either.

Brad was brought in mainly for holding on kicks and pray he never had to play.

Which is something Kitna should do, I think. He should be our holder and isn't for some reason.

Kitna still has an arm and I haven't any of the reports the OP is talking about. I heard about how bad Nichols and that other guy that was trying out were, but not Kitna. Plus the few highlights we've had of the OTAs and Mini camps showed that Kitna was still on target.

He still had it in preseason, let's hope he still does. Brad Johnson always had a noodle for an arm. Kitna is more built and has a better arm than Johnson ever had. His problem has always been turnovers.

 

[igtmfo]

I also read/heard that Kitna has lost a step from last year, accd to at least one reporter. Passes were getting knocked down at the line and elsewhere in OTAs. If his passes are getting defended better, he might have lost some velocity in his throws.

 

[Marktui]

Im getting the same feeling about this guy that i had about Johnson.(HE's FINISHED)we better not lose Romo for 2 or 3 games. because if we do, it's over. many reports from the OTA's and mini-camp, say the guy was terrible. when you are 37 or 38 years old. it can be over before you know it. we all better pray Romo does not get hurt. because if he does. we may be looking at Brad Johnson all over again. who agrees?

I think Kitna is good for 2 or 3 games. Lets face it, if we lose Romo for longer than that, we might as well kiss the season goodbye!!

 

[nathanlt]

I think Kitna is good for 2 or 3 games. Lets face it, if we lose Romo for longer than that, we might as well kiss the season goodbye!!

I think we all knew that letting Matt Moore go during the Brad Johnson years was a mistake. He would have been MUCH better, and had we kept him, might be better than Kitna.

But Kitna is a very good backup.

 

[dbair1967]

Im getting the same feeling about this guy that i had about Johnson.(HE's FINISHED)we better not lose Romo for 2 or 3 games. because if we do, it's over. many reports from the OTA's and mini-camp, say the guy was terrible. when you are 37 or 38 years old. it can be over before you know it. we all better pray Romo does not get hurt. because if he does. we may be looking at Brad Johnson all over again. who agrees?

Yeah I'm not really seeing where there's any real comparison here. Like others pointed out, Kitna still has an average to above average arm. Johnson's arm was completely ragged out.

 

[dbair1967]

OK. but i heard the same thing about Johnson his last year. we were told Brad was fine. i hope you are right. but i have a bad feeling about Kitna. hope he never see's the field.

Whatever you were told was by somebody who didnt watch then. Johnson's arm was mush when we got him.