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Palmer's Elbow A Concern

29. September 2008  - Published by Dan Clasgens
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Carson Palmer missed Sunday's start against the Browns due to an elbow injury, breaking his streak of 52 straight starts. Now comes concern that the injury is much more serious than orginally indicated.

Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com wrote on Monday that "amid various uncorroborated and unconfirmed rumors and rumblings emanating from Cincinnati that Bengals' quarterback Carson Palmer might need Tommy John surgery, Palmer himself has hinted that the supposedly sore elbow that knocked him out of Sunday’s game against the Browns might not be something that mere rest heals.

The MRI reportedly showed no structural damage.  But when Palmer was asked on Sunday whether the images revealed anything he’d deem “scary”, Palmer said:  “I’m not going to comment on everything.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick will start in Palmer's absence. More information is going to eventually come out, but it does not appear that Palmer will be available for this week's game in Dallas. The Bengals have gotten off to a disappointing 0-4 start. If Palmer is lost for an extended period of time we could be looking at a full-blown disaster.

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Jimmy Dinsmore
Jimmy Dinsmore
9/29/2008 4:34:38 PM #
a more serious has to be the ONLY reason not play in a pivotal game. I still say however, that Carson didn't look hurt on the sideline. He was bending his elbow no problem and without grimmacing. Also the play where he supposedly hurt it, he still performed at a high level, even driving the team on a 6-6 80 yard drive with a TD, so why can't he play?
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