Carson Picks His Horse

[*jason*]

(04-24-2021, 09:00 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I'll never quite understand why anyone would be upset with someone, not from around here, not caring whether he played for the Bengals or not. 

If i were in the draft this year and say, Detroit was projected to take me but Miami showed some interest...why the hell wouldn't i want the Dolphins to "come get me"? To hell with what anyone in Detroit thinks. 

People always want(ed) someone to stand up to MB and make him change the way he does things. Carson did that and now everyone (or at least a large percentage of people) hates him. Why? He called MBs bluff and ended up winning and Brown still didn't really change his ways. 

I think you're right. It's been the chatter since he's left that's bugged me more than anything. At the same time; I still have pretty fond memories of the early Palmer years. We were all of the sudden an NFL team again when he arrived.

The way he went out was a win/ win. The years of losing and mediocrity had gotten to him, and most of the other veterans. It was time to blow it up, and it probably doesn't happen if he kept quiet, and stayed. We ended up getting the same production at QB for much less money, and that allowed for the re-signings of guys like Atkins, Dunlap, AJ Green etc etc etc. Carson got to head back west, and eventually his career had a mini rebirth.