Football Life - Carson Palmer

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(09-20-2018, 02:50 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Hmm, it would have been interesting if Carson played out his rookie contract here and then stated the Bengals weren't trying to win, so he would elected to go the FA route.  Unless your are suggesting he should have pulled a John Elway or Eli Manning and refused to even play for the Bengals as soon as they drafted him.  The Bengals hadn't had a winning season in the decade plus since MB took over by the time Carson was drafted, and MB had clearly established himself as a lousy GM with no intention of holding himself accountable.  Maybe Carson and Marvin Lewis were idiots for even accepting jobs with the Bengals.  Ouch.

Either way, it would have been pretty newsworthy. 

EDIT:  I can actually see an alternate reality where Carson refused to play for the Bengals as soon as they drafted him and the Chicago Bears sent us Rex Grossman and a handful of picks for him.

Nah, check some of Palmers quotes. Something along the lines of "wanting to change the culture and start winning". Something like that. So he KNEW that MB led Bengals were lousy for a extended period of time. And I am sure he knew some other details about his "cheapness" as well (or arrogance, whatever you want to call it). 

The bolded is how I would of handled it as well. To even bring that up to an NFL owner is just plain silly and says it all IMO