Palmer retiring?

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(02-01-2017, 09:53 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: https://www.google.com/amp/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/01/31/report-carson-palmer-has-pulled-kids-out-of-school-and-moved-out-of-arizona/amp/

Sounds like he might be calling it a career. Just heard Mike and Mike speculate that Arizona would be a good option for Tony Romo if that's the case.

Perhaps I don't have the right understanding of cap hits for when a player retires, but from what I've read, the guaranteed money still has to be paid to said player if he retires early.
In Palmer's case, he would have $13.25 million in dead money for 2017, $6.6 million in dead money for 2018. Tony Romo is set to be paid an average of $24 million a year for the next three years. If the Cardinals have to pay for Palmer's dead money, can they afford Romo's high salary too plus give up a draft pick (or picks)? I would think the Cardinals would rather have a cheaper option for QB and use any remaining cap dollars to help the team in other areas. Romo only makes sense (to me at least) if he's cut from the Cowboys and willing to sign with the Cardinals for cheaper than $20 million a year.