Palmer to Raiders

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by jms62

Dalton and AJ Green aside. Bengals also have quite the D, did they come off the unemployment line? Good ole Chuck being the contrarian for the sake of being the Contrarian. its been reported that the Bengals didnt move Palmer previously because they didnt recieve the required 2nd round pick they demanded for him. This says something about the Raiders, how do you go into the season with a backup QB that you have such a lack of confidence in?

Yes the Bengals and Raiders owe thier tremendous success over the last decade to great 1st round choices. Andre Smith, Keith Rivers, Chris Perry, David Pollack, Akali Smith, Peter Warrick are all fairly recent gems for the Bengals who have exactly one 1st rd pick starting for that vaunted defense.

I dont think that doubting a potential poor 1st round selection by the management of the Bengals or Raiders qualifies as a contrarian view. Rather it would seem to be close to expected.