Just when we think we’ve heard everything about Carson Palmer’s Bengals career, more information is revealed.
Just before last month’s NFL Draft, Palmer appeared on The Ryen Russillo Podcast to talk about his football story. Long before he forced his way out of Cincinnati in 2011, Palmer was told by several potential agents to do what he could to avoid being drafted by the Bengals with the first-overall pick in the 2003 draft.
“Everybody told me that,” Palmer said. “Every agent I interviewed, before I walked into the interview, already had a route to avoid the Bengals.