Our first move with the Detroit Lions will be to trade away quarterback Jon Kitna. Few teams in the league are interested in trading for a QB mid-season, but fortunately there is one team in our division with bad management, and a glaring need at the QB spot; the Minnesota Vikings. So we are trading Jon Kitna to the Minnesota Vikings for a 5th round pick in the 2009 draft. At this time, we are also exploring the possibility of trading WR Roy Williams to the Philadelphia Eagles or Seattle Seahawks (or maybe both, if we can confuse them!). Details will be forthcoming, if a move happens.
Jon Kitna is a serviceable enough quarterback in the right offense, and with a good enough offensive line, he can still be a weapon. Kitna has passed for over 3,000 yards six times in his career, and has 20+ TDs 3 times. Kitna turns a mediocre Vikings team into the best team in the NFC north, and a team with a decent chance of winning the NFC. In Detroit, he is just preventing Dan Orlovsky and/or Drew Stanton from playing, and is probably only bringing Detroit from 3-13 to 4-12 or so. Kitna is, by all accounts, a smart player, and should be able to pick up the Vikings offense by the end of next month or so, and get a chance to start eight games or so before the playoffs. This move will also lengthen the career of one Adrian Peterson, the biggest asset the Vikings have, by removing defenders from the box, and turning 8 man fronts into six and seven man fronts. Kitna is also a better fit for a Martz, let's get the QB killed offense, then he would be for the power offense that we will be installing in Detroit.
Note that Jon Kitna's projected cap hit for 2008 is $5.875mm. Per my understanding of the rules, we will absorb the full amount this year, and erase him from the books next season. Given that we are not signing anyone this year of note, that won't be a problem.
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