Jon Kitna Fantasy Ranking & Outlook  
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Jon Kitna Bio & Career Stats

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Jersey: #8
Position: Quarterback
Career: 13 Years
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220
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Additional Bio Information

Birth Date: Sep 21, 1972
Birth Place: Tacoma, WA
High School: Lincoln HS [Tacoma, WA]
College: Central Washington
Drafted: Undrafted

Quarterback Rankings:
<< Curtis Painter    Tarvaris Jackson >>
Position Projections:
QB | RB | WR | TE | K | Draft Kit Index

  * Average Games Played the Previous 3 Years
  ** Player Missed More than 8 Games the Previous Season Due to Injury
Jon Kitna 2010 Fantasy Projection
2010 Pts 2010 Avg Depth Chart *Avg Games Played 2009 Avg 2009 Fantasy Ranking 2009 Consistency
19.10 5.52 2 4.00 -- -- --
2010 Bye Week Team Change Head Coach Change **Coming Off Injury Depth Chart Change Higher Fantasy Avg then League Harder Schedule in 2010 Better Defenses in 2010 Better Pass Defenses in 2010 Better Against Sub 500 Teams
4 No No No No No Yes Yes No No
Jon Kitna Previous Years Stats
YearTeamGmsRecsRec YdsRec TdsPass YdsPass TdsRush YdsRush TdsFGsXPsFan PtsFan Pts Avg
2009 Cowboys20000000000.000.00
2008 Lions400075853400056.3014.08
2007 Lions1619040681863000264.1516.51
Jon Kitna 2010 Fantasy Analysis
Career Synopsis:
Jon Kitna has been below his fantasy projection 8 out of 13 years, including the last 3. His best fantasy QB ranking was #3 in 2006, and he has had a total of 4 seasons with a top 10 ranking.
Fantasy Trends:
Kitna's fantasy game average per year has been going down for 3 years, and has been trending down 6 out of the past 8 years.
Career Experience Outlook:
Kitna is entering his 14th year in the NFL. Over the past 15 years, on average, QBs in their 14th year have seen an increase in fantasy pts per game of 0.09 from their 13th year.
Position Outlook:
Throughout his career Kitna has averaged 1.50 fantasy pts per game less than the league QB average. The average fantasy pts per game by QBs in 2009 was 14.24.
Depth Chart Change:
No Change in Depth Chart.
Player Turnover:
At the Running Back/Full Back position: Marion Barber (2009 Avg: 9.75 Pts/Game) is no longer starting and Felix Jones (2009 Avg: 6.60 Pts/Game) is now starting. Along the Offenisve Line: Doug Free is no longer starting, Flozell Adams has left the team, Marc Colombo is now starting and Alex Barron has been added to the starting lineup. At the Kicker position: Shaun Suisham (2009 Avg: 5.50 Pts/Game) has left the team and David Buehler is now starting.
Schedule Difficulty:
Based on the winning percentage of the teams on the schedule Kitna playes this year (116 - 92 - 0 0.558%) will be more difficult compared to the teams on the schedule from last season (102 - 106 - 0 0.490%), but this season's teams gave up more points (4,666) compared to last season's teams (4,608) so this could mean more fantasy points.
Performance Against Sub 500 Teams:
There was not much difference last year in the fantasy average Kitna had against winning teams (0.00 pts/game) and losing teams (0.00 pts/game), so there are no clear trends to be learned from the winning percentage of the schedule.
Defenses:
From a defensive standpoint, Kitna will face defenses that are stronger this year (Avg. Total Yards Against Ranking: 16.92 - 3 Top 10 Defenses and 1 Top 5 Defense) compared to last season (Avg. Total Yards Against Ranking: 17.00 - 4 Top 10 Defenses and 1 Top 5 Defense), but this season's teams gave up more passing yards (225 yds/game including 2 Top 10 Defenses and 3 Top 5 Defenses) compared to last season's teams (215 yds/game including 6 Top 10 Defenses and 3 Top 5 Defenses).

In Season Trends:
Throughout his career Kitna has had his best 4 game stretch during the third quarter of the year (16.95 pts per game), followed by the 1st quarter (16.23 pts per game), 4th quarter (15.57 pts per game) and 2nd quarter (13.19 pts per game). His best weekly fantasy average has been in week 9 (18.66 pts per game), week 13 (18.16 pts per game) and week 2 (17.89 pts per game), and his worst weekly average has been in week 5 (10.78 pts per game), week 6 (12.86 pts per game) and week 8 (13.59 pts per game).
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