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Jon Kitna on 2010, offseason
August, 4, 2011 5:00 PM CT
By Todd Archer
SAN ANTONIO -- When Jon Kitna is asked if he surprised himself with how he played last year, he just smiles.
“I don’t know that I proved anything to me except for what I thought to be true, was true,” Kitna said. “That I could play at a high level given the right pieces around me and it was fun to be able to do that.”
The Cowboys went 4-5 with Kitna as the starter after Tony Romo suffered a season-ending injury against the New York Giants. Kitna threw for 2,365 yards, completed 65.7 percent of his passes and had 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
It was his first meaningful playing time since 2008 when he was the starter in Detroit.
“But it wasn’t like we did great things and got back in the playoff race,” Kitna said. “We didn’t do that. There’s not a lot of things to look at and say, ‘Wow, that was awesome. What a great year.’ We came close to be able to do that, but we gave it away in too many situations.”
Through the first nine days of camp Kitna has thrown the ball with a zip he had not displayed in his first two years. He is moving around better, having dropped 11 pounds.
“I didn’t lift as heavy as I did last offseason,” Kitna said. “I felt like coming here for two years I needed to recovery my body for what I went through in Detroit and needed to do that by lifting real heavily. We did a lot of Olympic lifting with a lot of weight. I was stronger than I’ve ever been. This offseason I made an effort to drop weight so I didn’t do heavy lifting. It was lighter lifting and a lot of riding my street bike, my 10-speed. And I definitely did better with my diet.”
August, 4, 2011 5:00 PM CT
By Todd Archer
SAN ANTONIO -- When Jon Kitna is asked if he surprised himself with how he played last year, he just smiles.
“I don’t know that I proved anything to me except for what I thought to be true, was true,” Kitna said. “That I could play at a high level given the right pieces around me and it was fun to be able to do that.”
The Cowboys went 4-5 with Kitna as the starter after Tony Romo suffered a season-ending injury against the New York Giants. Kitna threw for 2,365 yards, completed 65.7 percent of his passes and had 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
It was his first meaningful playing time since 2008 when he was the starter in Detroit.
“But it wasn’t like we did great things and got back in the playoff race,” Kitna said. “We didn’t do that. There’s not a lot of things to look at and say, ‘Wow, that was awesome. What a great year.’ We came close to be able to do that, but we gave it away in too many situations.”
Through the first nine days of camp Kitna has thrown the ball with a zip he had not displayed in his first two years. He is moving around better, having dropped 11 pounds.
“I didn’t lift as heavy as I did last offseason,” Kitna said. “I felt like coming here for two years I needed to recovery my body for what I went through in Detroit and needed to do that by lifting real heavily. We did a lot of Olympic lifting with a lot of weight. I was stronger than I’ve ever been. This offseason I made an effort to drop weight so I didn’t do heavy lifting. It was lighter lifting and a lot of riding my street bike, my 10-speed. And I definitely did better with my diet.”
