This morning at about 7:30 I was listening to the radio when they came on with a breaking news update saying that now former Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer had been traded to the Raiders for a 2012 first round draft pick and a conditional draft pick in 2013 depending on if incentives in his contract are met with the Raiders this season.
Palmer has a history with Raiders head coach Hue Jackson who recruited him to the University Of Southern California and was the wide receivers coach in Cinci from 2004-2006. Palmer had said earlier this year that if he wasn't traded he would retire, but when Bengals owner Mike Brown said he would not be traded and forced to retire.
Of course with this happening the Raiders will have to redo his contract so they do not exceed the salary cap which they only have six million, Palmer is do 6.9 million dollars this season. This trade was a big surprise to some but others it was not, because on this Sunday the Raiders played the Browns here in Oakland when their starting quarterback, Jason Campbell broke his collar bone and we have been told he said if everything goes right he could be back in six weeks but most likely no sooner than that.
The biggest surprise to me is that the Raiders traded their first round draft pick which leaves them with only s sixth round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft but the Raiders may get some draft picks because of free agents that left this off season so the Raiders may get some okay drat picks but as of now the Raiders only have a sixth round draft pick.
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