Carson Palmer wearing a boot to keep swelling down; unsure if he'll play on Thursday night against New England
by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 16, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
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PrintLate in the fourth Bengals possession, Carson Palmer was pulled after a noticeable limp turned out to be an ankle sprain. This comes after his elbow, nose, knee (twice) have all suffered some damage in his NFL career. There's no doubt that quarterbacks take some of the most vicious hits, standing upright in the pocket, unable to brace themselves for impact. Quarterbacks can only withstand so much punishment before they break down. And you have to wonder that if Friday night's game was a regular season game if he would have just toughed it out anyway.
As a result, I ask you this. Do you find yourself getting more concerned each time Palmer is hit, wondering if he'll pop up for the next snap? More so than normal, anyway?
As of now, there's no word if Palmer will play Thursday night against the New England Patriots. He's wearing a boot on what they're calling a "high ankle sprain", to keep the swelling down. Palmer wants to play, saying "It's early in preseason. It's still early in training camp. I want to work. I've got a lot of work to do and I don't [want] to miss any time. We’ll see."
On one hand, we have to go back into protect-Palmer-by-not-playing-him mode, to get back to 100%. However, If you think that Palmer is rusty, I'd agree partially; the deep pass doesn't have that touch we're accustomed to seeing. However of the "19 snaps he took, 11 were passes [where] he connected with six different receivers."
Should Palmer play Thursday night? Or would you rest him?
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Honestly, I really don’t think Palmer should play on Thursday. We NEED to keep him healthy. Putting him in a pre-season game right after a scare like that is too much for this Bengals fan to handle. I mean after the knee basically taking away our best season in close to 2 decades and then the elbow giving us our 4 wins last year(I know, he lost the 4 games he was in, Fitz did a good back up job, but if we had Palmer, I would at least think we would have won 7 games if not 8 even)…I wouldn’t risk it for anything. As mentioned above, if it had been a regular season game we probably would have pushed it (depending on the score) and he could very easily have been out for weeks if he got hit again (which seems to happen a lot more than any of us would like to our $110M QB). That being said, I’d all most not have him play a single regular season game after a “precautionary boot” was put on Palmer(that’s still on Palmer…)let alone a pre-season game only 6 days in between hurting his ankle. I’d love to see him play, and fans want Palmer to get as much practice in as he does himself…but it just seems to me the cons HEAVILY outweigh the pros putting Palmer in this Thursday. We can’t afford losing our QB again. We just can’t.
I'd rest him.
Two more preseason games between now and the start of the season if he doesn’t play Thursday.
Rest Him
There are 3 more preseason games left, and as we learned last year, this team in nothing w/o #9. Plus, with J.T and lil palmer competing for the backup spot, it might be interesting to see them with the 1st team offense.
Bench Him
Why take a risk?
Despite hte pick he looked good. He hooked up with Chad, Henry and Coles and had plenty of zip on his throws. He seems to have a good relationship with all the WR’s. I think it’s more important to get Just Turnovers O’Sullivan reps so in case Palmer does go down the season doesn’t go with him.
Chad could have played that deep ball better too.
zak kondratenko
good joke
"Ghiaciuc's play was a distraction"
by Joe Goodberry on Aug 16, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
If he sucks this season...
Wouldn’t we be taking a goood looong look at quarterback in the draft?
If you don't live like you wanna, you live like you shouldn't
by trotanoy on Aug 16, 2009 11:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think....
We just put his brother in there with carson’s jersey on….not tell anybody. :-) Let the real Carson rest!!!!
If the diagnosis of a high ankle sprain is correct
We could be in for a long season.
I am no doctor but I remember Sydney Crosby and Marc Andre Fleury suffering from them recently and it took them an awful long time to return to normal service. Lets hope this is the less severe kind.
When a high ankle sprain is diagnosed the doctor will determine if the injury is stable or unstable. Stable injuries are the less severe high ankle sprains when the placement of the tibia and fibula stays normal. Unstable high ankle sprains occur when two or all three syndesmotic ligaments are torn and the tibia and fibula are free to move around. Unstable injuries require more treatment usually surgery. During the surgery one or two screws are inserted in the lower leg for a few months (usually three) or until the ligaments have reformed and are able to hold the bones in the proper position4. When surgery is needed recovery will take 6 months or longer.
maybe it's a blessing in disguise
and JT or Palmer 2 go on to play better than Palmer 1
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