Telling quote from Carson Palmer

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(07-29-2015, 06:13 PM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: Carson leaves because he wants to play for a more successful team.

Instead, he goes to the Raiders who haven't had the success the Bengals have had since he left. 

That's the only point I'm making.  Nobody is all that "envioius" of what he's accomplished since he left here.

I could care less.  Just pointing out if he wanted to play for a more successful franchise he should have stayed put.  

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/559644-marvin-lewis-will-not-return-to-coach-bengals-unless-major-changes-are-made

Marvin Lewis demanded changes or he wouldn't return. Carson Palmer demanded changes or he wouldn't return.  Mike Brown called Marvin's bluff and he caved. Unlike Marvin, Carson wasn't bluffing and didn't cave in to Mike Brown's unwillingness to make changes both the head coach and franchise quarterback thought were needed to be competitive.  Carson didn't ask to go to the Raiders. He asked for changes to improve the team or a trade.

After Marvin signed his extension in 2011, Mike announced there wouldn't be any changes. Since then Mike Brown has slowly ceded control to others little by little. The changes Marvin was demanding are being implemented at a snails pace such as an expanded scouting department. And I'll be damned, but the Bengals are the most competitive they have been during the Mike Brown era as a result of those changes.