Bengals Meeting With Carson Palmer Is Old (And Not So Much) News

You have to hand it to the media, once again generating the conversation to bring quarterback Carson Palmer back into the spotlight. ESPN's Bob Holtzman reported Thursday night that quarterback Carson Palmer was at Paul Brown Stadium in late July; a report that was confirmed to have happened. This prompted Yahoo! Sports Jason Cole to write that Palmer isn't "reporting anytime soon." Oh, really?

According to Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer the meeting took place before the team's media luncheon in which Mike Brown educated us on the meaning of commitments (aka, commitments to him, not vice versa).

"Carson signed a contract, he made a commitment. He gave us his word. We relied on his word and his commitment. We expected him to perform here. If he is going to walk away from his commitment we aren’t going to reward him for doing it."

Palmer meets with the Bengals and later Brown says that? Oh yea, I'm sure Palmer is beating down on the door to return.

Since Holtzman's report there's been a flurry of conversation, some suggesting Palmer will report to the Bengals, to being traded to a team like the Miami Dolphins or the Seattle Seahawks.

In the end, there's nothing new. In early August former Bengals offensive lineman Willie Anderson tweeted that Palmer was in Cincinnati, talking with the Bengals.

Anderson followed that up, recanting a statement that he believed Palmer would be returning.

We pointed all of this out in early August and the results were the same now as they were yesterday when Holtzman reported them.

When asked about it on Thursday night, head coach Marvin Lewis said:

"Carson is retired. Anything else?"

Nope. We're good.