01-06-2021, 11:34 AM
(01-06-2021, 11:27 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: What was the excitement like around Palmer? I have to imagine it was similar to Burrow this year. He blew up that year and the offense was high-flying.
Palmer, Chad, and Marvin brought excitement back to the city and Bengals fandom. Having suffered through the '90s, the thing that jumped out at me as being cool was that if you went out in public to malls, grocery stores, restaurants, or wherever you actually noticed people wearing Palmer & Johnson jerseys or other Bengals gear. Palmer throwing to Chad, Housh, and Henry was fun and it made being a Bengals fan fun again for the first time since the late '80s.
Of course, the Bungles curse kicked in and Palmer got Kimo Von Oelhoffen'ed.