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QB Jon Kitna suffers sprained knee | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lions quarterback Jon Kitna hopped off the field on his left leg in the fourth quarter Sunday. He suffered what the team called a sprained right knee while taking his fourth sack. "It feels pretty bad right now," Kitna said after the Lions' 31-13 loss to the 49ers. "They say it ...
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Black and Blue all over: Speed kills
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — ... the Lions "the worst they've been in the Matt Millen era." That's saying something. Tom Kowalski of Mlive.com offers Lions coach Rod Marinelli a script for saving his job: Emulate former coach Wayne Fontes. "[Marinelli] has to find a very delicate way of separating himself from the failures of the past and attaching himself to the hope of the future." Of course, that's probably not in Marinelli's makeup. Lions quarterback Jon Kitna on his sprained knee: "It feels pretty bad right now."

Jon Kitna Has a Sprained Knee
Pride Of Detroit — ... Lions quarterback Jon Kitna sprained his knee near the end of Sunday's game against the 49ers.  Kitna was sacked on the Lions' final drive of the game and his leg bent sort of awkwardly.  Immediately Kitna limped off the field and collapsed on the sidelines in pain.  He was on the ground for a minute or two before getting up and then limped around as the game came to an end. ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Jon Kitna sprained his right knee in the final minutes of Detroit's 31-13 loss...
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