Editing Jon Kitna (section)

====2000 season====
{{see also|2000 Seattle Seahawks season}}
In [[2000 NFL season|2000]], Seahawks head coach [[Mike Holmgren]] was concerned with Kitna's preseason performance and tried to work a trade for [[Green Bay Packers]] backup quarterback [[Matt Hasselbeck]], although it did not come through.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2001-01-14-0101130360-story.html | work=Sun-Sentinel | first=Alex | last=Marvez | title=Suddenly, Kitna Doesn't Look So Bad To Seahawks | date=January 14, 2001 | access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

Kitna began the season with a four-interception performance against the [[2000 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]], which opened the door for Holmgren to put second-year quarterback [[Brock Huard]] in the game. Kitna started the next 4 contests, before being replaced by Huard in the sixth game against the [[2000 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]]. Huard suffered a concussion two games later in the second quarter against the [[2000 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]], which forced him to miss 3 games and put Kitna back in the starter role.

On November 5, down 15–14 on 3rd-and-16 with 1:28 left in the game, Kitna dodged a possible 17-yard sack by [[2000 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]] defensive end [[Neil Smith (American football)|Neil Smith]] and made an 18-yard pass to [[Darrell Jackson]]. This pass set up the game-winning field goal by [[Rian Lindell]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Trotter|first=Jim|title=Chargers beat Seahawks everywhere except where it matters, the scoreboard|url=http://www.uniontrib.com/sports/chargers/20001106-9999_1s6chargers.html|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001207175400/http://www.uniontrib.com/sports/chargers/20001106-9999_1s6chargers.html|archive-date=December 7, 2000}}</ref>

Huard returned as the starter in the thirteenth game against the [[2000 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]], but suffered a season-ending kidney injury in the first quarter. Kitna went on to start the last 4 contests. His last win for the Seahawks came on a rain-soaked [[Husky Stadium]] turf in December of that year, beating the [[AFC Championship Game]]-bound Oakland Raiders on a touchdown pass to rookie [[Darrell Jackson]] in the final minute of play.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-7240682.html | work=San Jose Mercury News | first=Mark | last=Purdy | title=New Raiders revert to old Raiders form | date=December 17, 2000}}</ref>

The Seahawks were 6–6 in his 12 starts and 0–4 in the other games. He registered 259-of-418 completions (54.5%) for 2,658 yards, 18 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. Holmgren chose not to re-sign Kitna after the season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2001/01-05/0037_seahawks__holmgren_promises_to_re.html | work=Kitsap Sun | first=Jim | last=Cour | title=SEAHAWKS: Holmgren promises to rebuild... quickly | date=January 5, 2001 | access-date=April 30, 2020 | archive-date=March 7, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307093823/https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2001/01-05/0037_seahawks__holmgren_promises_to_re.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>