Carson Palmer will return when Bengals "begin practice again"

by jsl413 on Aug 25, 2009 4:35 PM EDT in Injury

Geoff Hobson reported that Marvin Lewis thinks Carson Palmer should be good to go the next time the Bengals practice. Hobson indicated that he wasn't sure if Lewis meant "Wednesday's walkthrough or Saturday's practice, but it sounded like Palmer will play in that Sept. 3 preseason finale." This is good news for fans that are worried Palmer would be too out of rhythm with his offense when the regular season gets under way. Even if the Colts play backups the whole game, the important thing is that Carson gets back in the swing of playing game speed football and hitting receivers in timing.

Other notes from today's 2-hour practice: Palmer (ankle), Frostee Rucker (hip), Antwan Odom (achilles), and Antonio Chatman (ankle) missed practice. That suggests that Jonathan Luigs made it back to the practice field, unless Hobson omitted his name. Coach Lewis played crowd noise over the stadium's speaker systems to simulate a more realistic game-time environment.

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What is it

with Bengals free agents and injuries? Chatman, Nate Webster, Utecht, Odom all constantly injured. It seems that every year our top free agent or two never pans out from injury.

by jim0ijk on Aug 25, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions

Knock on wood!

So far Crocker (picked up last season, I know) and Roy Williams are in good health.

by jsl413 on Aug 25, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions

RE: If there's a bright side to the injuries...

We seem to find someone during the regular season that becomes a mainstay. Like Dhani, Benson and Crocker.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 25, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Y’know, he didn’t seem particularly out of sync against the Saints. Let the Golden Arm rest until the games matter. You can build up just as much sync against your scout team in practice as you can against somebody else’s scout team in a meaningless game.

by Raging Clue on Aug 25, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions