Rumor Mill on ESPN says that Palmer could find a home here

[Ricky Spanish]

Take it with a grain of salt. it's a rumor, nothing more, nothing less, but here's what ESPN rumors has to say aboot us and our QB situationi:

We wrote Wednesday that the Carolina Panthers could be among the teams that would pursue quarterback Carson Palmer, in the event that he parts ways with the Cincinnati Bengals this offseason.

Because of the team's uncertain situation at quarterback, and rookie Jimmy Clausen's failure to establish himself as the Panthers' sure-fire QB of the future (not that he's had much help), it's conceivable that the Panthers could be in the mix to land any number of QBs through free agency, trades or the draft.

The draft could become a particularly intriguing situation for Carolina if it lands the No. 1 overall pick, and Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck leaves school early to enter the draft. As ESPN's Adam Schefter writes, the Panthers will have an easy situation to make if that's what ends up happening (see below).

Adam Schefter

Gotta take Luck

"If Luck comes out, it's game over. He will go No. 1, you can put it down in pencil. To Carolina. To Buffalo. To Cincinnati. To a team that wants to trade up. To whoever. End of discussion. And if my team had the No. 1 pick, and it had the chance to take a potential franchise quarterback, it would be insane to pass it up."

[pantherfan81]

Adam's no ruhtard.

[Khyber53]

Carson Palmer, imho, never lived up to his pedigree. We don't need him here.

[Cavscout]

Palmer = Delhomme II

[Highlandfire]

Carson Palmer, imho, never lived up to his pedigree. We don't need him here.

I am with you, he is the main reason right now they Bungles suck...well him and their owner.

[jtm]

I don't have any interest in Palmer because he will come with a high price tag and will not be happy being a place filler until we either develop Clausen or draft someone else.

[pantherfan81]

Going in my sig

[countryboi]

Palmer is has 1000x better skills than delhomme...but what they do have in common is that they both make just awful decisions with the football.....palmer is mind boggling bad sometimes

[Mother Grabber]

I'd take him as a band-aid. He'd make a good stop gap to give Pickles and/or Luck a year or two to develop. Everyone wanted a veteran to come in, sounds like a decent option.

[rayzor]

Contract Information for Carson Palmer12/29/2005: Signed a six-year, $118.75 million contract extension through 2014. The deal included a $15 million signing bonus and a third-year option bonus of $9 million. 2010: $10.5 million, 2011-2012: $11.5 million, 2013: $13 million, 2014: $14 million, 2015: Free Agent

no thanks.

[pantherclaw]

Palmer hasn't been the same since his injury in the playoffs 2 years ago.

He's damage goods, in my eyes. Now maybe a change of scenery will do him well. Maybe it won't. I wouldn't want the team to trade anything higher than a 5th, maybe a 4th round pick.

[pantherfan81]

no thanks.

Wouldn't that $ be the bungles problem if they cut him? Like Jake this year?

[Dpantherman]

If Palmer is cut, then he isn't making that type of dough anywhere, anyway, anymore.

[rayzor]

Palmer hasn't been the same since his injury in the playoffs 2 years ago.

He's damage goods, in my eyes. Now maybe a change of scenery will do him well. Maybe it won't. I wouldn't want the team to trade anything higher than a 5th, maybe a 4th round pick.

the fact taht we'd have to give up any pick AND pick up that contract makes it really something i don't want to do.

only way we get him is if he gets cut. trading for him....nah. not worth it at all.

we need a vet to help with mentoring luck or whoever, but we don't need to give up that for it.