11-22-2015, 12:14 PM
(11-22-2015, 02:52 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Corey Dillon
Carl Pickens
Takeo Spikes
Dan Wilkinson
Carson Palmer
One of these players is not like the others. Only one had enjoyed being part of 2 playoff teams while being the highest paid player at his position.
When Dillon wanted out after his 7th consecutive non-winning season, I understood. Same with Pickens and Spikes. Comparing their situations to Palmer's? Please. Palmer was on 2 bad teams and he wasn't even healthy for one of those.
The Bengals were a respectable franchise during Palmer's tenure. They were almost always competitive. Marv has always been a solid (regular season) coach. Out of 7 seasons with Palmer as starter, they made the playoffs twice and were at least in the hunt a couple more times.
I would've understood if the Bengals had been annual losers for 4-5+ seasons, but they'd just won their division 1 year prior. So forgive me if I don't have sympathy for Palmer's situation. For those saying he wanted to get away from the "circus", he's the one who lobbied hard for TO. I'm not sure why some pretend that didn't happen.
If you can't understand how Palmer felt when he left just ask any of the 95% of the Bengal fans who were cursing Mike Brown after the '10 season and claiming that the franchise would never win anything with him in charge.
All Palmer did was agree with what an overwhelming majority of the fans were saying, yet now those same fans rip him for agreeing with them..
