Carson Palmer's Career may be over

[laketrout]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
I don't know if someone's mentioned it already, but the doctor has issued a statement saying that his comments were in reference to Palmer's type of accident but not his case specifically. Furthermore, a return to training camp is still a possibility. This was just on ESPN

Maybe it's true, maybe it's just PR spin...we'll see.

Seems like the doctor was speculating nad scared people, probably back peedling.

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Many, mnay people do dangerous things for a living, and this isn't really different.

They just get paid less.

 

[NeoV]

He'll be back

 

[Hammer]

you don't recover from an injury like that and keep playing football. he's done.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: laketrout

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
I don't know if someone's mentioned it already, but the doctor has issued a statement saying that his comments were in reference to Palmer's type of accident but not his case specifically. Furthermore, a return to training camp is still a possibility. This was just on ESPN

Maybe it's true, maybe it's just PR spin...we'll see.

Seems like the doctor was speculating nad scared people, probably back peedling.

I think it was more of a case "This was a horrible injury, the worst possible case, yet I still fixed him, I'm God!"

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
First sentence from the story:

Carson Palmer's knee injury was "devastating and potentially career-ending," involving numerous ligament tears, a shredded ligament, damaged cartilage and a dislocated kneecap, his surgeon said Thursday. I would imagine the quotations would be coming straight from the doctor, which is a fair assumption, wouldn't you say?

That doesn't say his career may be over. Read every other single thing he said in the article. Like the stuff all indicating he expects Palmer back as soon as the start of the season. But I already told you to do that, and you obviously ignored it.

I didn't feel like starting in on this with my other post, but I suspect this is a surgeon's ego on display, as Argo is alluding to. "Look at what a horrible injury, in the hands of someone lesser it might have ended his career. Good thing I was doing the surgery, look at the great repair job I did." Somebody chose to misinterpret the overall tone of the interview and make a headline.

 

[ktehmok]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: ktehmok

Originally posted by: SampSon
It was a deliberate hit.

He got knocked over by a Cinci player and looked up while he was going down.

I wasn't trolling at all. The hit was late and illegal.

Expect a ban for personal attack.

It's been removed. Please accept my apology.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: ktehmok

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: ktehmok

Originally posted by: SampSon
It was a deliberate hit.

Shut the hell up jagoff, you know it wasn't. He got knocked over by a Cinci player and looked up while he was going down.

Way to troll....

I wasn't trolling at all. The hit was late and illegal.

Expect a ban for personal attack.

It's been removed. Please accept my apology.

The fear is strong in this one...

 

[Baked]

Man, that's pretty fvcked up. He was gonna bring the Bengals back to the promise land. How the fvck do you fall on somebody and fvck up their knee this bad?

 

[Juno]

wow, that's tough.

now cincy needs to bring the best offensive linemen together to protect palmer like dallas did to aikman.

 

[yosuke188]

He only tore 2 ligaments in the knee. Culpepper tore 3 ligaments in the knee. They are both coming back.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
uhhh, this is the NFL guys, not the NBA. if it were the NBA, then ya, he's set for life, but this is the NFL where, if you don't play you don't get paid.

a much smaller percentage of his total contract is guaranteed, unlike in the NBA where the entire thing would have been guaranteed.

He got a 14 million dollar signing bonus in 2003.....plus what he's made since then, plus whatever he got for extending his contract recently.

If he wasn't already set for life BEFORE this season, then he doesn't deserve another dime.

But believe me, he is set.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Baked
Man, that's pretty fvcked up. He was gonna bring the Bengals back to the promise land. How the fvck do you fall on somebody and fvck up their knee this bad?

Easy, happens all the time in football.

And wouldn't the prospect of Palmer bringing the Bengals BACK to the "promised land" really require that they, at some point, had already BEEN to the "promised land"?
Such as winning a Super Bowl?

 

[chuckywang]

Palmer just needs some kimo-therapy.