09-17-2018, 11:20 AM
After watching this, I am personally relieved to actually know what went down, and I think the fact that no one REALLY knew the reason (though it seemed obvious) speaks to how classy Palmer actually is. He could've verbally burned Cincy to the ground and was given every opportunity to and chose the "no comment" route. While that was incredibly frustrating at the time, I think A Football Life finally gives us actual insight into CP9. He let people think what they wanted, which of course was negative towards him. I cannot personally say I'd have taken that route. The Cardinals management and players even talked about not knowing the player they were getting, and how incredibly surprised they were upon his arrival that all assumptions (being quitter, diva, crybaby, etc) were dead wrong.
Also, had he stayed when we drafted AJ Green, can you imagine that connection? Not to be confused with this becoming a Dalton bash, as I like Dalton, but CP9 threw the long ball better than anyone in my opinion. Just fun to think about, though I have to be glad for how things went down, as I think the Bengals culture as an organization is properly turning around, albeit a slower crawl than any of us would prefer.
Also, had he stayed when we drafted AJ Green, can you imagine that connection? Not to be confused with this becoming a Dalton bash, as I like Dalton, but CP9 threw the long ball better than anyone in my opinion. Just fun to think about, though I have to be glad for how things went down, as I think the Bengals culture as an organization is properly turning around, albeit a slower crawl than any of us would prefer.
