Carson Palmer Trade: Putting King's Ransom Paid by Raiders in Perspective

He is turning this team into bonafide contenders for years to come…..

He’s been to the playoffs, He’s been to the probowl, and now he’s with a team that can back him up. The coaches and players love it so shouldn’t us fans love it as well?

The real facts about Carson’s last 3 years with Bungles…

As a long time Bengals fan but a MUCH bigger Carson fan, here is some important facts that is rarely posted….

1. Beginning with 2005 Pitts playoff game where Carson was injured on 1st play, the diva/cancer known as chad johnson was exposed when he fought a coach at halftime because he was not targeted enough.
2. Marvin Lewis (and Mikey-boy Brown) encouraged t&he diva personna despite the locker room disruption and selfish attitude.
3.This selfish diva attitude grew out of control into a full cancer on the TEAM
4. Carson was forced to accept the Head Coach’s special rules for chad including missing meetings
5. Dave Lapham, radio analyst has begun reporting that chad has a limited intelligence and limited grasp on offense.
6. chad was unable to understand the precise routes & spots that Carson was throwing to and that led to incfreasing interceptions
7. chad increasingly ran his own routes (as did TO in 2010) – not the route called for in the huddle
8. chad’s lack of grasping the Patriots playbook has also exposed him and his "creative" route running in Cincy
9.That Carson was able to make chad a ‘star" was someing that even Brady was not abke to do in NE
10. Check out Carson’s last 3-4 games in 2010 WITHOUT chad and TO – VERY strong numbers with receivers who ran precise routes and was where the ball was thrown.

Bottom line, expect BIG things from Carson once he gets rid of the rust and finds the timing with his receivers.

Go RAIDERS….and Carson!

The Raiders are committed at the Quarterback position, we now know who the Raider Quarterback will be up until 2014. It is safe to assume that JC was not in the Raiders long term plans.

The investment will pay off, the end product is this, TP gets to study under CP just like AaronR did under BretF. Im not saying that the Raiders are sold on TP as the Quarterback of the future, but TP has a greater opportunity to succeed just because CP is in the house……

1) The Browns essentially had to be convinced to help a team that could push them out of the playoff picture, which would not only tick off their fans, but cost the team quite a bit of money. If that were not the case, I think a 1st rounder would have easily done the deal.

2) If Carson makes us a playoff team, it is going to be much easier to pick up free agents next year. We have had to pay for FAs in the past because they viewed Oakland as a black hole (and not in a good way.) If that turns around, and we are viewed as a quality team with a solid coaching staff, we won’t need to rely on the draft near as much. How nice would it be to have players wanting to come to Oakland like the good old days?

If behind the move and can’t wait to see where we go from here.

i just having a feeling the Players feel they have something to play for!

Richard Seymour on Palmer: “I’m excited to have a leader on that side of the ball…”

oh tell us what you really think about JasonC!

While some teams stock themselves with overpriced Vets in trying to make the Superbowl (Redskins several years ago), the Raiders have a very young team mixed with vets who have been in the playoffs or Superbowls.

My concern going deep into the playoffs was with QB play. Can JC take us all the way? I guess that has been answered.

Being that Davis saw Campbell as a late bloomer, I wonder if this trade would have been made if Al was still with us? JC is essentially gone after this year unless he wants to be a backup for a reduced price.

the critics can eat shit. this was a great move by the raiders. hopefully carson can regain his old form, when he was an elite quarterback.

This is the best thing ever right??? I mean, JC was a so-so QB at best, CP is a bona fide big league star!!!!!!! I would have given them anything to get CP here. He was our only option that was not a serious downgrade from JC. GO RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

did we get a good player? yes. did we over pay? yes. do we know exactly what we lost? no. do we know if Carson will take us to the superbowl? no.

these are all variables the must be considered. best case scenario, we make it to the playoffs. worst case scenario, Carson gets injured and we lose our picks for nothing.

one more point… i dont know how severe the situation was in Cinci, but he virtually quit on them… who does that? in any circumstances what kind of man quits? on anything? its a game you get to paid to play.

like i said i dont know the severity of his situation in Cinci, but I highly doubt that it was life or death.

but you have to consider, what happens if things arent going his way after year 3? what kind of man quits?

sorta like how some folks like to think all they need to do is repent for their sins… and then they get how many virgins in heaven…

aye whatever gets people thru the day is what i say.