Mike Brown will not trade Carson Palmer

[The Saltman]

Wat the hell is going on in this thread?

[MadHatter]

Brown is definitely between a rock and a hard place.

Trades Palmer:

Pro: At least he gets something in return

Cons: He opens up the door for many more players to start demanding trades

[Snake]

Fact is if he did not suck as an owner then he would not have that problem.

[Mr. Scot]

Florio reports the opinion is still split among the Cincy braintrust, but makes a good point.

PFT: Split opinion on Palmer persists within Bengals organization

The reality is that, even if the Bengals plan to try to trade Palmer, the Bengals need to keep those drafting behind the Bengals in rounds one and two guessing, so that they won’t jump in front of them in order to draft the player that the Bengals truly covet with either the fourth overall pick or the 35th.

Marvin Lewis seems to be lobbying heavily for the team to go QB with their first pick. If they get a guy they want, then Palmer becomes a lot more tradeable (once the CBA is done).