The all out (in reverse) chase for Andrew Luck is about to begin.

The main contenders in the preseason poll are Cincinnatti, Denver and Carolina in that order.

Carolina most likely wouldn’t draft a QB #1 two years in a row and Denver would have to make a very serious decision about Tim Tebow. That makes the Bengals the odds on favorite in the race for Luck.

That is pretty much a lock. With what promises to be another horrible Bengals squad finishing with the 3rd worst record should be no problem.

I wonder how Andrew feels about stripes.

But you know what, we’ll still beat the Ravens ……..

However, Carson chose this route. He also needs to understand that his brother was only on the team because of him. His brother is an awful qb and if he was any good the team would keep him. Jordan should never have been the back up, if fact signing Jordan as back up is another reason MB is not a good leader. Who would have Jordan Palmer as their number 2 guy?

Carson, you should have thought about the consequences of your actions. Did you really think the team would keep your brother, given his lack of talent? Do you think that any team would be loyal to your brother when the face of the franchise quits?

I hate Mike Brown, but I also have no sympathy for you or your brother. Hopefully your brother realizes why he was even on the team and why he may be cut.

Why don’t you help the fans out and unleash a barrage of comments about how poorly the team is run. Why don’t you try to rally the fans in Cinci to boycott the team? Show us a little bit of leadership.

business as usual with the bungles

When he signed Carson to that 6 yr. 118.75 million extension in 2005, he thought he had a true “franchise QB” in Palmer. Instead, Brown got stuck with a QB with diminished skills. Instead of cutting Palmer, or demanding that he restructure his contract, Brown not only kept paying Palmer like a franchise QB, he also paid Palmer $9 million to exercise the 3rd year bonus on the deal, signed his talentless little brother to a contract, and propped up Carson even when 31 other teams would have stopped paying him or even cut him from their teams.

Brown went above and beyond the typical “owner-player” relationship and stuck with Carson when nobody else would have (or, at least no one else would have paid $12 million dollars a season for his services).

All Brown really wanted in the end was loyalty. He felt that by paying Carson twice what he was worth over the last several years, Carson would have shown a little gratitude. THAT was Browns’ biggest mistake.

This is NOT about an owner holding a helpless player hostage. Brown could (and probably should) have cut Palmer years ago, but he stuck with him. He stayed loyal.

Look, I agree that Mike Brown has many, many, many faults. His reign in Cincinnati has been a failure. But in this particular case he happens to be right. And we should acknowledge it.

Carson should be thanking the Bengals for ever giving him a spot on the team in the past. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Carson told the Bengals to keep him on the roster just to make him happy. Now he wants to cry to the media about how his brother isn’t getting a fair shake when he hasn’t been cut yet and there is no evidence of this.

If Jordan wasn’t your brother he wouldn’t even be in the league right now, so stop making excuses for him sucking.

Mike Brown is actually doing his brother a favor; if the Bengals cut him today Jordan Palmer has ZERO chance of staying in the league. And I can’t stand Mike Brown, who is by far the worst owner in the NFL.

Right?

Lesson of the day – when a party has it out for your brother and knows they can’t get to him, don’t set yourself up to be victimized by that party. You have only yourself to blame.