Jon Kitna can't be serious

You all saw the headlines Jon Kitna made over the weekend. How could you miss them, as it was so strange and off the wall.

Jon Kitna believes that the Detroit Lions will win more than 10 games in 2007.

Really, he does.

Once I wiped the tears from my eyes, after going into a laughing fit, I began to ponder why Kitna is so positive about the Lions chances.

After I wiped the tears of laughter from my eyes, from my pondering causing another laughing fit, I gave up trying to rationalize Kitna's prediction, and just wrote it up to the lunatic ravings of someone who has taken one too many blows to the head.

It's damn hard to win 10 games with your ass on the turf, but we're talking the great Jon Kitna here...

Honestly, I don't get where the optimism is coming from. Mostly due to the fact that one of the biggest reasons the Lions will not win 10+ games is the presence of Kitna himself under center.

There has to be some reason Kitna is so confident about the Lions' chances in this coming NFL season. I'm going to throw a few thoughts out there, just to see if I can come up with the reason why...

Maybe he took Peter King's quite strange, made for no rhyme or reason QB rankings to heart.

Kitna managed to keep a straight face, but was actually joking about 10 wins. Unfortunately, everyone took his preditcion seriously.

It could be possible that Kitna's religious devoutness has lead him to speak with God, and God told him to take the over on season wins.

Kitna just plain forgot that his defense actually has to stop the other team.

The media didn't emphasize Kitna's wording correctly. The actual quote was, "Win more than 10 GAMES?"

Kitna has seen Calvin Johnson on the practice field, and now knows that Johnson is the best God damned player on the planet, and is worth at least 3 TD's to the good a game. In other words, Calvin Johnson is next coming of Don Huston, Jerry Rice, Lance Alworth, Raymond Berry, Art Monk, Herman Moore, the guy from "Invincible," and Gus the field goal kicking mule. I guess that combo is worth at least 3 scores a game, right?

Kitna is on the drugs. Dip into the 'shrooms one too many times, and who knows what's going to come out of your mouth.

Matt Millen hypnotized him.

Kitna is into positive reinforcement, in that if you say something enough times, you actually start to believe it. Even if that something is ludicrous at best, and off-the-wall insane at worst.

When it's all said and done about Kitna's prediction, I could only come up with one incontrovertible fact.

Self delusion is a wonderful thing...

Matt Millen explains the 2007 draft

We at TWFE have come to possess a copy of an intra-office email sent by Matt Millen to the owner of the Lions, William Clay Ford, explaining his 2007 NFL draft picks. It definitely explains a few things...

From: Matt Millen
To: William Clay Ford
CC: William Clay Ford, Jr., Tom Lewand, Rod Marinelli, Mike Martz, Joe Barry
BCC: All position coaches
Re: Why I picked the picks that I picked

Calvin Johnson - Everyone said he was the best player in the draft. Even you guys. But when Mr. Ford ORDERED me to pick Calvin, what was I going to do? My hands were tied. So I turned down the trade that was going to net us 2 number 1's, 2 number 2's, and 2 number 3's, an ILB, and a CB, in return for Calvin's rights. I was just following orders...

Drew Stanton - I'm going to be honest. This was a mistake. A BIG mistake. I thought it was the 4th round. I really did. My bad. Can you blame me for being confused? The damn 1st round took some 14 hours! You try and pay attention for that long. It's unpossible!

Ikaika Alama-Francis - The wife called on Saturday, she wanted me to pick up some blinds. I asked if I should go to "IKEA." The guys in the war room heard me, and the next thing you know, we had drafted some dude named "Ikaika." Again, my bad. I should had sent her call to voice mail. Whoops!

Gerald Alexander - Remember when I said I thought it was the 4th round when I took Drew Stanton? I still did when we picked Alexander. Sorry.

A.J. Davis - I have absolutely no idea how we ended up drafting this guy. I zoned out for a few, next thing you know, this guy is on our board. I might have been sleep drafting.

Manuel Ramirez - I picked this guy just because I want to go through training camp saying, "It's just Manny being Manny!" If he misses a block? "It's just Manny being Manny!" He blows an assignment? "It's just Manny being Manny!" He comes to training camp late and overweight? "It's just Manny being Manny!" See, isn't it fun?

Johnny Baldwin - I thought he was one if the acting Baldwin brothers. You know, Alec, Daniel, William, Stephen, and Johnny? I really wanted to meet Alec, and ask him about the voice mail to his daughter thing. How was I to know there were only 4 brothers!

Ramzee Robinson - How could you NOT pick a guy maned "Ramzee?" It's a funny name! Funny HA HA, not funny weird. Well, maybe funny weird. I mean, come on, it was the 7th round. The last pick overall! He's not going to make the team, so you might as well get a giggle out of it. I did, hope you guys did too.

If you have any other questions regarding my draft picks, talk to Marinelli. He's the one who said he was going to "Coach 'em up."

Hugs,

M.M.