Carson Palmer out for the year per ESPN Chris Mortenson (1 Viewer)

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(sorry if honda, please feel free to delete if so)

No link as I saw it scrolling on ESPN News at 815 CST tonite

I guess the TJ/COC turnarounds will never materialize this year if Mort didn't jump the gun again

ETA: link in post #4 (does say "likely")

 

[DrJamesAndrews Fan]

Not Officially - "likely"

Sources: Bengals' Palmer likely won't return in 2008, but is delaying surgery

By Chris Mortensen

ESPN.com

 

[treat88]

IR yet?

 

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3662707

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer is unlikely to play another game in the 2008 season but he will delay a decision on whether to have surgery to repair a "frayed" ligament in his right throwing elbow, sources told ESPN.

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Cincinnati Bengals

Palmer's injury is to one portion of the ulnar collateral ligament and he has been told that Tommy John surgery would repair the problem with positive results, the sources said. However, doctors have agreed that Palmer's conservative approach to such an operation is acceptable because the damage is more limited than what Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme suffered a year ago when he had the surgery.

Despite the Bengals' 0-7 record going into a game at Houston, the team has no plans to place Palmer on injured reserve, which would officially end his season. Palmer has asked the Bengals to wait "around two months" before taking any action because, a source said, the quarterback "does not want to abandon the team until he's certain he can't play ...the win-loss record has nothing to do with it, believe it or not."

Neither the Bengals nor Palmer have a comment about the specifics of the injury and the plan.

Palmer has visited five specialists who have concluded the quarterback has a worrisome injury. The ulnar collateral ligament is a thick triangular band and sources say only one of the three portions of the ligament is frayed.

Palmer believes the pain in his arm is actually manageable but he has lost strength in his right hand, which has become a greater obstacle to throwing the football, the sources said.

Palmer also has consulted with at least two quarterbacks who have undergone Tommy John surgery -- Delhomme and former NFL quarterback Rob Johnson. However, Palmer discovered that both passers had considerably more damage than he has experienced.

Delhomme's surgery was almost a year ago, on Oct. 18, 2007, and he was participating in organized team activities in late spring and early summer. He has had no setbacks.

Sources say Palmer is using a timetable that would still allow him to have the surgery at the latest possible date, if necessary, and get back on the field by next summer, based on the opinions from doctors and Delhomme's comeback.

Palmer injured the arm in a Sept. 21 game against the New York Giants. He has played only once since -- against the Cowboys on Oct. 5 -- before he began seeking numerous medical opinions.

Chris Mortensen is a senior NFL analyst for ESPN.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Articles says Palmer asked Bengals to "wait two months" before making any decisions ... lol

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

Think we'll hear the same thing about Hasselbeck?

 

[Ron_Mexico]

With the size of his contract, along with the overall suckyness of the Bengals,

why the bleep would he be allowed to take the field for any game

for the remainder of the season.

If he is allowed to play, someone needs to be fired.

.

 

[travdogg]

With the size of his contract, along with the overall suckyness of the Bengals,

why the bleep would he be allowed to take the field for any game

for the remainder of the season.

If he is allowed to play, someone needs to be fired.

.

Agreed, but a lot of people should be fired anyway.

 

[MaddHatter]

He should request a trade.

 

[Ron_Mexico]

He should request a trade.

He should request a ligament.

 

[DarkManX]

Stick a fork in him this year, like the Bengals season he is done.

 

[Jimmy James]

With the size of his contract, along with the overall suckyness of the Bengals,

why the bleep would he be allowed to take the field for any game

for the remainder of the season.

If he is allowed to play, someone needs to be fired.

.

Agreed, but a lot of people should be fired anyway.

Somebody needs to be fired for not putting him on the IR. It's a no brainer, even if he could play weeks 15 through 17 or something like that. They need all the help they can get, and you can't tell me a healthy player couldn't help them now.