Cincinnati Bengals Owner Mike Brown Determined To Hold on To Carson Palmer

March 22, 2011   ·   Matt Gray   ·   Jump to comments

NFL.com is reporting that Mike Brown remains firm on his stance over keeping Carson Palmer.
Nonetheless, most media pundits tend to agree that the Bengals would likely explore the trade option and more than likely address the quarterback situation in the upcoming draft in April.
Reports coming out of the owners meeting Monday morning in New Orleans seem to contradict that assumption, continuing the now incredibly tiresome back-and-forth sparring between the Bengals and Palmer.
"That part of it is still the same," Brown said about the team's stance on the idea of trading Palmer, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. "I didn't say anything inconsistent with that. I want him back, and I will just leave it at that. I haven't talked to any other team about him, and I have no plans to trade him.
"I've seen any number of players who at one point did not want to reenlist come back and come back and be quite happy about it. It depends how it goes. As far as getting value...

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