Kitna excited to see old teammates

Talked late this afternoon to former Bengals quarterback Jon Kitna, now heading into his second year as Lions starter. The Bengals will open their preseason Thursday night at Detroit.

Kitna said he and his family are very happy in Detroit.

"I started watching tape on them today," he said. "I played with these guys for five years. It seems so long since we played together, but it has been just a little more than a year. I 'm looking forward to seeing Carson (Palmer), T.J. (Houshmandzadeh) and Chad (Johnson). I don't know a lot of the guys on defense. Most of them are gone."

Kitna said coaches had not told him yet, but he expects that he and the other Lions starters will play a series or two in the opener at Ford Field.

We'll have the full story in The Enquirer a little later in the week in advance of the game.