Carson Palmer's Next Move
February 10th 2011 19:17
Frustrated, agitated, and flat-out annoyed. If you were Carson Palmer, this is how you'd feel right about now. After a dismal season for the Bengals, it's clear to see why Palmer would want out. And it's not just because of the Bengals' abysmal 4-12 record.
Palmer is practically being held captive by the Bengals. At this point, there's not much he can do about it. Palmer has listed his house in Cincinnati for sale. He has a home back in LA that he will live in full-time for the upcoming months, back where he was the heisman winner at near-by Southern Cal.
Last month, Palmer's request to be traded away from Cinci was rejected by owner Mike Brown. Brown is slowly becoming the Don Sterling (Clippers owner) of the NFL. The Bengals were 52-108 in the 1990's, and 68-91-1 in the 2000's. Nothing is going to change there with Brown in command. When did Brown takeover ownership? 1991. This is not a coincidence.
People say that the Bengals have always been a horrible franchise. No they haven't. They were a combined 81-71 in the 1980's, right before Mike Brown took over. Palmer knows he'll never have long-term success there, because the owner won't try to put the pieces together. He'll pay for a few big names (Terrell Owens, Chad Ocho Cinco, and Palmer), but doesn't have any interest in building a successful team for years to come.
Palmer has done all he can do. Having Ocho Cinco and T.O. in his ear every game doen't help the least bit. They promised a Superbowl appearance, and ended-up in a pointing-fingers game, as most teams do when they're this bad. Except it's those two, which makes the situation three times worse.
To further exemplify why Palmer would want to leave, and why Mike Brown is such a fake, take in the fact that, even while doing a pretty atrocious job, Marvin Lewis is still the head coach. I don't think any other coaches would want to go to Cinci any way, but keeping Lewis was a bad move. The truth is, Brown probably knows that. That is what's so terrible.
San Francisco is a QB away from competing in a weak NFC west. Miami could contend for a wildcard with a better quarterback. Yet Palmer won't be under center for those teams unless something drastic hits Brown in the head and knocks some sense into him.
The Bengals will never consistently contend with well-run franchises like Pittsburgh and Baltimore in their division as long as Brown is at the helm. And some of the players they have brought in are locker room cancers. It only takes a few to ruin a team's chemistry.
In conclusion, Palmer may have to retire, sit out a year, then hit free agency come 2012. He'll still have a couple years in the twilight of his prime, and would be 100% healthy. That's about all he can do. One thing I do know, is that he will never be happy in Cinci again. Not with what this organization looks like, and who's running it.
Palmer is practically being held captive by the Bengals. At this point, there's not much he can do about it. Palmer has listed his house in Cincinnati for sale. He has a home back in LA that he will live in full-time for the upcoming months, back where he was the heisman winner at near-by Southern Cal.
Last month, Palmer's request to be traded away from Cinci was rejected by owner Mike Brown. Brown is slowly becoming the Don Sterling (Clippers owner) of the NFL. The Bengals were 52-108 in the 1990's, and 68-91-1 in the 2000's. Nothing is going to change there with Brown in command. When did Brown takeover ownership? 1991. This is not a coincidence.
People say that the Bengals have always been a horrible franchise. No they haven't. They were a combined 81-71 in the 1980's, right before Mike Brown took over. Palmer knows he'll never have long-term success there, because the owner won't try to put the pieces together. He'll pay for a few big names (Terrell Owens, Chad Ocho Cinco, and Palmer), but doesn't have any interest in building a successful team for years to come.
Palmer has done all he can do. Having Ocho Cinco and T.O. in his ear every game doen't help the least bit. They promised a Superbowl appearance, and ended-up in a pointing-fingers game, as most teams do when they're this bad. Except it's those two, which makes the situation three times worse.
To further exemplify why Palmer would want to leave, and why Mike Brown is such a fake, take in the fact that, even while doing a pretty atrocious job, Marvin Lewis is still the head coach. I don't think any other coaches would want to go to Cinci any way, but keeping Lewis was a bad move. The truth is, Brown probably knows that. That is what's so terrible.
San Francisco is a QB away from competing in a weak NFC west. Miami could contend for a wildcard with a better quarterback. Yet Palmer won't be under center for those teams unless something drastic hits Brown in the head and knocks some sense into him.
The Bengals will never consistently contend with well-run franchises like Pittsburgh and Baltimore in their division as long as Brown is at the helm. And some of the players they have brought in are locker room cancers. It only takes a few to ruin a team's chemistry.
In conclusion, Palmer may have to retire, sit out a year, then hit free agency come 2012. He'll still have a couple years in the twilight of his prime, and would be 100% healthy. That's about all he can do. One thing I do know, is that he will never be happy in Cinci again. Not with what this organization looks like, and who's running it.
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