Source tells Walker: Bengals could get really cautious and sit Palmer entire preseason

by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 26, 2009 6:00 PM EDT in Injury

We know what happened before. It was terrible. Even now, our anxiety is creeps up. It's not a good feeling. What's worse, is the anticipation diving head first into the unknown. It's already been reported that Carson Palmer will miss Thursday's game against the St. Louis Ram -- the game that you won't be able to see if you live in Cincinnati, until 11:35 PM (I already feel sorry for the poor souls looking for support on our computer system Friday morning).

Alright. Palmer is out for a second game. Preseason isn't that important, some would argue. I disagree. Timing is critical between quarterback and receiver. Last year Chad Ochocinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh missed offseason workouts, which, some argued last year, caused serious timing issues with the offensive passing game. I'm not suggesting that Palmer should play this Thursday. If he's hurt. He's hurt. What can you do about it?

But is he going to sit the remainder of preseason? James Walker wrote that, while the Bengals are sitting Palmer Thursday, a source told his blog (more likely the source told Walker since blogs don't have ears... bad joke? Sorry) that "the team may also take extreme caution with Palmer's sprained ankle and is contemplating sitting him for the remainder of the preseason." The way this is worded, it makes you think that the source is just conjecturing. There's no real authority behind it. We're not disputing Walker or his source; just trying to find a gap in the logic.

Lewis did say that Palmer "should be good to go", assuming he'd attend and work during the first practicing heading into the final preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Palmer has gone 12 days without practicing since "suffering a moderate sprain to his left ankle during the first quarter of the Aug. 14 game against New Orleans". You have to wonder if timing between a quarterback and receiver isn't growing. I'm a worried nanny. I'm allowed to worry.

I know that J.T. O'Sullivan has performed as well as we could have hoped. Still, he's not named God of the Golden Arms. Only one man is named that. As it stands, there's no reports of Palmer missing kickoff weekend against the Denver Broncos. Still, you know that feeling that I'm feeling don't you. It sits there, in your gut, stirring and growling.

[UPDATE: For the sake of fairness, I should point out that cinbengals_85 originally pointed this out in the FanPost. However, I should point out that mine is bigger than his]

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Just to clarify....

So the blackout means they will show the game on tv, but there’s a delay until 11:35 pm?

by JohnnyK on Aug 26, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

Yes

Maybe we should have done better promoting that. Here’s the note from the weekly press release.

The network is led by flagship WKRC-TV (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati. It is not anticipated that
the game will be a sellout by 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, the deadline for live local television coverage, and in that case the game will air on Channel 12 on tape delay at 11:30 p.m. In Dayton, which is also in the Bengals’ local TV market, the game if not sold out will air on tape delay at 11 p.m. on WKEF-TV (Ch. 22), and an additional replay will air in Dayton on WRGT-TV (Ch. 45) at noon on Sunday, Aug. 30. The game will air live on Thursday in Columbus and in Louisville, Ky. The network affiliate in Columbus
is WSYX-TV (Ch. 6), and the affiliate in Louisville is WTTE-TV (Ch. 28).

Blogger at CincyJungle.com -- SB Nation Cincinnati Bengals blog.

by Josh Kirkendall on Aug 26, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Too bad they didn't try to draft an offensive lineman to help protect Palmer.

Wait, what?

by IFChris on Aug 26, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions

Even if they had signed him already, it would have meant absolutely zilch to prevent the blackout. Frankly about the only thing that could have prevented it was Carson lighting the world on fire last week and even that would have made it a stretch and a half. And Andre couldn’t have done one solitary thing to prevent his injury. Turns out that the Saints new cushion under the FieldTurf wasn’t fully up to spec and was “too soft” so they had to make some adjustments to it.

From Sean Payton’s press conference after practice on 8/24:

Why did you move practice to the Dome today and what are the benefits of practicing here?

“The footing. Each year they put a new surface down and in the first preseason game we were still working through the cushion of the surface. They made some changes to try to firm it up and I wanted to get in here one more time before the company that put the surface down left town. That was really the main reason.”

What did they do to the playing field?

“It was a mixture of the rubber and sand. It was a little soft the first time out; we were catching our feet a little bit. It was better today.”

So basically Palmer tripped on a slightly screwed up playing surface and hurt himself. It wasn’t AC’s fault. It wasn’t Whitworth’s fault, or anybody else on the OL’s fault. So whether drafting Andre was a good idea or not, whether the contract squabbles are a good thing or not, and completely regardless of who is more right than the other (or if somebody wants to be outright insane enough then whomever is 100% right)… Andre means absolutely jack squat to the blackout status of tomorrow night’s game.

by FriarBob on Aug 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Source

http://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/2009/8/25/1001336/canal-street-chronicles-fleur-de

(scroll down a LOT to get to it)

by FriarBob on Aug 26, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions

If Palmer where a PUNCH OUT character...

Glass Joe or Don Flamingo?

by mskiles314 on Aug 26, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

There’s a key difference here from last season. Last year, Carson wasn’t even throwing with his receivers. This year, he’s been throwing with them all offseason, and continues to do so during practice, it’s just not in a fake game situation. No worries from me.

by Raging Clue on Aug 27, 2009 1:19 AM EDT reply actions

Trainers are too soft

After watching hard knocks it looks like the head trainer has first say in if an injury will prevent a player from playing, and when that player will return to practic/games.
We are way to soft in giving players time off due to “injuries”. Big ben has a much worse injury and hes already been cleared to play in the next preseason game, while palmer is missing huge amounts of time because of a rolled ankle. Give me a break. We’ve all rolled an ankle, and we all could play on it after a few days, let alone drop back and throw a football. This is bullshit. How ironic when the teams slogan this year is “sacrifice”. Thats laughable. Each preseason game carson misses is just one more regular season game he has to waist on getting his timing right. GET HIM ON THE FIELD.

by mysharona24 on Aug 27, 2009 4:29 AM EDT reply actions