Carson Palmer
Carson Palmer
Carson Hilton Palmeris an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at USC and won the Heisman Trophy in 2002. The Cincinnati Bengals, for whom he played eight seasons, chose him with the first overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth27 December 1979
CityFresno, CA
dagger fun heart
That was kind of a dagger in the heart for them, ... That was a fun drive.
beat couple falls including last offense order played pressure puts
In order to beat that defense, the whole offense has to play well, including the quarterback, ... The last couple of times we've played them, the offense played well but I didn't. A lot of it falls on me and puts a lot more pressure on me.
help main
That was my main concern, something that could help us out in the future.
beat played
I put a lot of it on myself, ... I don't think I've played well enough to beat them.
disaster guys improve move slow step taken test tried
It's one of those things you can't go into full-bore, ... You need to see what you're comfortable with and test it and move on from there step by step. It can be a disaster if you don't do it right. If you try to do too much, guys are confused. We've taken it really slow and tried to improve on it.
ahead extension fairly game move quarter ready running second strength
Probably the first quarter is getting the flex and the extension back in your leg, and I have done that fairly quickly. I was ahead of the game on that. Now I'll move into the second phase, which is strength and conditioning, and then I'll move into running and jumping, and then I'll be ready to go.
anybody both complement faster gets physical physically quicker
They're both unique. They do completely different things well and complement each other perfectly. T.J.'s a physical guy, a physical blocker, physical when he gets the ball. He's like Hines Ward. And Chad, he's just physically a freak. He's so much faster than anybody else and so much quicker and explosive.
definitely fear gets guy opens passing puts
It opens up the passing game, ... When a guy gets open that early, it definitely puts fear into their hearts.
asked
It's coming, and I keep getting asked the question,
beat control game needed win
It's a game we had to win to control the division. You can say all you want about how we had to beat Pittsburgh, we just needed to win this game.
game holes huge won
There were some huge holes for him (Johnson) and Chris. Then you look at the two turnovers defensively at the end, which won the game for us.
complete consistency eliminate high limits stay
Complete 80-85. Don't set limits for yourself. The ones we really want to eliminate are the ones he completes to the other team. Then show the consistency to stay at a high level.
bad dreaded everybody excitement guys hearing knew past realize stories talks
I don't know how bad it was and how bad it can get, but just from hearing stories from guys and hearing the excitement that guys have about this season, that was never there before. In the past guys just dreaded being here because they knew they were going to lose. Hearing that makes you realize this place has changed. Everybody talks about the change, but it's for real.
ball defense kept turn whoever
Our defense just kept us in the game. Whoever didn't turn the ball over was going to win.