Editing Jon Kitna (section)

====1998 season====
{{see also|1998 Seattle Seahawks season}}
Kitna was the team's deactivated third-string quarterback in 10 of the first 11 games. He made the first start of the season and second of his career against the [[1998 Tennessee Oilers season|Tennessee Oilers]] and earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, after passing for 298 yards, 2 touchdowns and one interception, while leading a fourth-quarter comeback for the deciding 48-yard field goal in a 20–18 win.

He completed 17-of-24 attempts in the next game against the [[1998 New York Jets season|New York Jets]], for 278 yards, 2 touchdowns, 3 carries for 25 yards and 2 interceptions. He had a 70-yard touchdown pass to [[Joey Galloway]] in the first quarter and followed it 3 minutes later with a second 57-yard touchdown pass to Galloway. He also rushed three times for 25 yards at the Jets.

In the fifteenth game against the [[1998 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]], he rallied the team to score 17 fourth quarter points in a 27–23 win, making 16-of-29 completions for 177 yards, 1 touchdown and no interceptions. He ended the season by passing for 242 yards, one touchdown and one interception against the [[Super Bowl XXXIII|eventual Super Bowl champion]] [[1998 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]].

He was named the starting quarterback for the last 5 contests, leading the team to a 3–2 record. He finished with 98-of-172 completions (57.0%) for 1,177 yards, 7 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Five of his 7 touchdown passes went to [[wide receiver]] [[Joey Galloway]].