Re: Palmer out for Tomorrow's Preseason Game <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Report: Palmer won't play in Bengals' game FridayESPN.com news servicesCincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer won't play Friday, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday.Carson PalmerQuarterbackCincinnati BengalsProfile2005 SEASON STATISTICSAtt Comp Yds TD Int Rat509 345 3731 32 12 101.1Earlier in the week, coach Marvin Lewis said that his rehabbing quarterback would make the final call about when he was ready for game action.Palmer told The Enquirer that he's not ready."I'm not going to cover anything up," Palmer told the paper. "I've got nothing to hide. I'm not going out there until I'm 100 percent. And I don't feel like I have to hide anything about that. If I was going to go out there and do something silly and try to play at 85 percent, then that's not the best thing for me or the organization. This organization wants me to be 100 percent."Lewis has indicated that if Palmer does not play in any of Cincinnati's four preseason games he will not start the regular-season opener. In that event, the starter would almost certainly be Anthony Wright, who has performed well in camp and in the preseason. The journeyman quarterback was signed this spring as a free agent and appears to have solidified his lock on the No. 2 job, over Doug Johnson.Palmer increased his workout to about 70-80 percent of the snaps with the first team last week, after working only 40 percent of the plays in the opening week of camp. All along, Palmer has been pointing toward the Aug. 28 home game against Green Bay, the third preseason contest, as the target date for his return.One of the league's fastest emerging stars -- and a most valuable player candidate in 2005 when he finished second to Peyton Manning of Indianapolis in the league passing derby and registered an impressive 101.1 efficiency rating, while leading the NFL with 32 touchdown passes -- Palmer suffered two torn ligaments in his left knee and a dislocated kneecap in a Jan. 8 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2552357
