Friday, August 25, 2006

I certainly hope that Marvin Lewis knows what he's doing. On Monday, Carson Palmer will take his first in game snaps behind center since absolutely destroying his knee seven months ago in a playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the importance of getting game snaps in. However, there's still another preseason game after this one. I know it's only a week, but wouldn't you want to save Palmer as much as you could before the season. Since the Bengals got rid of John Kitna, if anything happens to Palmer... Doug Johnson will be taking snaps?!?!?!? Is that what they really want the season to come down to?

The hit to Palmer's knee almost destroyed his whole entire knee. I hope they're sure of the brace he's wearing and I hope they're sure that his knee will hold up. I almost hate to say it, but the whole Bengals season is dependent on Carson Palmer staying healthy. Yes I know that they have a great running back in Rudi Johnson, great recievers in Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson, and a great defense, but someone has to get the ball to the recievers and hand the ball off to Johnson. I feel like a huge security blanket was taken away with the absense of Kitna.

Save Palmer for one more game.

In other news (that I called a couple of days ago), the jail watch has shifted from the Bengals to the Titans. Yes, that's right Bengals fans, the police have found a new team to focus on. Titans cornerback Pacman Jones was arrested early this morning for disorderly conduct and public intoxication after police witnessed an argument involving Jones and a woman outside a nightclub where a rap concert was being held.

ESPN.com reports that Jones, 22, was described as slurring his speech, having bloodshot eyes and smelling strongly of alcohol.

Pacman argued that the woman stole his wallet and passed it to another woman.

Here's the kicker... Police asked him to leave several times and he just stood there cussing. If I'm drunk outside of a bar and the police come and ask me to leave, I don't care how drunk I am... I just say "Thank you very much officer, I'll be leaving now."

The NFL tries to help younger players with money, how about the NCAA and NFL teach players how to act when a policeman approaches them. Phrases like "Yes officer," "No officer," and "thank you officer" would be great places to start. The advanced classes would move onto things like "Please officer, I'll go quietly, you don't have to tazer me."

In UK news, I'll break down the special teams on Monday (or over the weekend). Look for matchups next week. I'll break down who will be covering who, and give you all a look at the Cardinals besides Bush and Brohm (since everyone already knows those two).

1 comment:

John Edwards said...

I agree... You can't always control everything.

I think if it's just his knee, keep him out until week one. It's not like he actually missed any football because of his injury. He isn't rusty from sitting out of any games or anything.

I understand completely what you are saying about being a police officer. My dad was a police officer in a very dangerous city.

I never worried too much about him though. I knew he could take care of himself and maybe in certain situations you have to lose control in order to come out unscathed. And like you said, if it's your time, there's not going to be much you can do to stop it.

I can only be thankful that he is retired now and the only time I have to worry about him getting hurt is on the golf course.

But if he's worried about hearing footsteps... Get him back as soon as possible. Have you ever seen the movie Top Gun (you probably have)? When Goose died, Viper told them to get Maverick up as soon as possible. He had to work out hearing the ghosts.

That's what Palmer should do... The first game of the season. Rest his knee now.