Dec 28 2005
Carson Palmer may sit out Sunday
With the division clinched, playoff seeding doesn’t mean a whole hell of a lot to the Cincinnati Bengals. Reports are emerging out of Cincinnati that Marvin Lewis may sit Carson Palmer for Sunday’s game against Kansas City. Palmer has a slight groin pull that apparently could use a week’s rest.
I can’t help but think, though, that the Bengals are doing this to spite their division rivals. After all, a Pittsburgh loss and a Kansas City win on Sunday could put the Chiefs in the playoffs. Add to that a New England win over Miami, and Cincinnati drops to the #4 seed, which means they face Jacksonville at home to start the playoffs, forcing the Steelers — assuming they beat the Lions, of course, and they do seem focused on that — to go to Foxboro. The Patriots have already beaten Pittsburgh once this year, and that was in Heinz Field.
Of course, it could also mean that the Bengals don’t really want to face the Steelers in the first round of the playoffs. Maybe they saw that Steelers-Browns game and got scared. Maybe we should call them the Cincinnati Scaredy-Cats. Heh.
RSS Feed