It didn't look like anyone has said anything about this yet.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CINCINNATI -- Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee Sunday when he was tackled low on his first pass during Cincinnati's playoff game against Pittsburgh.Carson PalmerQuarterbackCincinnati BengalsProfile2005 SEASON STATISTICSAtt Comp Yds TD Int Rat509 345 3731 32 12 101.1The injury ended a remarkable season for the second-year starter, who led the NFL with 32 touchdown passes and made his first Pro Bowl.Backup Jon Kitna, who has played sparingly this season and will be a free agent afterward, got the chore of trying to lead the Bengals to a win in their first playoff game in 15 years.Palmer was on the field for only two plays -- a handoff and then a deep pass down the right sideline to rookie Chris Henry. He stood in the pocket for an extra second, giving him time to complete a 66-yard pass -- the longest completion in Bengals playoff history. Nose tackle Kimo von Oelhoffen hit Palmer's leg as he released the pass.Palmer wears a protective brace on the knee, but it still bowed inward. Palmer hit the ground and stayed down for several minutes while the medical staff looked at his knee. His face was downcast as he was carted off the field and taken inside for evaluation.Medical personnel said after the game that because both ligament injuries were "clean tears," recovery is expected to be somewhat less problematic than in some past torn ligament cases regarding athletes.Palmer is expected to undergo surgery to repair the two ligaments in the coming days.Six plays after Palmer was hurt, Henry hurt his right knee during a pass play and had to be helped off the field. Henry went to the locker room for an exam, and the club didn't expect him to return. Backup Kelley Washington was inactive for the game, leaving the Bengals without a proven No. 3 receiver.In losing Palmer, the Bengals were forced to go on without the player most responsible for their AFC North championship and their return to the playoffs.Palmer set a club record with his 32 touchdown passes and completed 67.8 percent of his throws, also a league high, in only his second season as a starter. The club gave him a contract extension through 2014 a little more than a week ago.He started all 16 games this season, but played sparingly in the final regular-season game at Kansas City because he was coming off a strained groin. Palmer hadn't taken many hard hits this season -- he was sacked no more than two times in any game.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2284938
Yeah that sucks for him, right on the second play he goes down. Before he got hurt it looked like he was going to have a great game 1/1 for 66 yards... they might have been able to win. Who knows.
I bet you all the Cincy fans are saying "If only . . ." If only he didn't get injured, that would have been the Bengals game. The couldn't stop Palmer, he'd be too much through the air, as he showed on his only pass of the game. It's just a shame, Cincy had so much going for them too.
Kitna looked good at first, too... then he progressively started looking worse and worse.If they were playing anyone but Blitzburgh, they coulda unleashed Rudi a little more...
He was a solid back-up. At first, he led them on two TD Drives, got the crowd, and everyone else into it, Cincy looked like they coould have won at the Half. Then, the 2nd Half came . . . Ouch.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>QB Palmer has surgery, expects '06 returnNFL.com wire reportsCINCINNATI (Jan. 11, 2006) -- Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer had surgery on knee ligaments torn during a Jan. 8 playoff loss to Pittsburgh and is expected to be ready for the start of the 2006 season.The operation was Jan. 10 in Houston, and he will begin rehabilitation this week in California, the team said."This is a serious injury, but we are told the procedure went very well," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. "We know Carson, and we know he will apply himself fully to his rehabilitation."The anterior cruciate ligament and the medial collateral ligament in Palmer's left knee were torn on the Bengals' second play from scrimmage.Palmer will do his initial rehabilitation at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles."I feel very confident that things went well, that there were no unusual complications," Palmer said in a statement released by the Bengals. I want to thank our fans and fans everywhere for their support of me."</div>Thats good to know...I wish him the best of luck in his recovery.
