The Oakland Raiders have acquired QB Carson Palmer from the Bengals
The Oakland Raiders have acquired 31-year old QB Carson Palmer from the Cincinnati Bengals, but he didn’t come cheap. The Raiders had to give the Bengals a first round pick in 2012 and a conditional first round pick in 2013. Palmer played for Raiders’ head coach Hue Jackson when he was an assistant coach with the Bengals in 2004-2006. The Raiders hope that because of that, Jackson gets Palmer quickly up to speed. Palmer played in 16 games (all starts) for the Bengals in 2010 and he completed 362 of 586 passes (61.8%) for 3,970 yards with 26 TD passes and 20 INTs (82.4 QB Rating). He also carried the ball 32 times for 50 yards (1.6 ypc) last year for the Bengals. Palmer has now played in 97 games (all starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 2,024 of 3,217 passes (62.9%) for 22,694 yards with 154 TD passes and 100 INTs (86.9 QB Rating). Palmer has also carried the ball 179 times for 316 yards (1.8 ypc) with 5 TD runs so far in his NFL career. Palmer is 46-51 (47.4%) as a starting QB in the NFL. The Raiders hope that Palmer will get up to speed quickly so that he can start this weekend against the Chiefs. This was the kind of bold move that Al Davis would have loved to pull the trigger on.
UPDATE: The draft pick the Raiders sent to the Bengals in 2013 will become a first round pick if the Raiders make it to the AFC Championship Game in either 2012 or 2013. If they don’t, the 2013 pick will be a 2nd rounder.
