I'm not solid b/c if you watch the games, not just looking at the stats, you will see that alot of his passes, more than a few actually, are horribly thrown, and the recievers take advantage of a weak secondary of the opposing team so far and go back and catch... my example is that 70 bomb to randle el, under thrown like no other, but he went back for it, made a move, and was gone... even tho im not sold, i am a fan, i think he will be fine, but sooner or later those throws will catch up with him until he keeps those to a minimum. As for Palmer being like Manning, i agree, and not because i am a bengals fan, he spreads it around and is completeing passes left and right. As a bengals fan, for years when we saw a qb step back for a pass, you would think, oh boy here comes trouble.. now when palmer steps back, you think, ok who is he going to complete it to this time. It is a great feeling.