Survivor I - Carson Palmer Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	CMP	ATT	PYD	PTD	INT	RSH	RSHYD	RSHTD	FPT	RANK
2004	263	432	2897	18	18	18	47	1	209.6	20

Positives - Palmer finished strong toward the end of the season. He actually posted (2) - 3TD games and (1) - 4TD game last season. He performed well against some good DEFs last season and has a favorable schedule this year having (6) easy games against sub-par pass DEFs. He actually shed some weight in the off-season making him quicker and more mobile. He supposedly worked hard with his WRs in the off-season as well. With a good running game (Rudi Johnson) and an excellent core of WRs (including C. Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh) Palmer has the potential to put up top ten numbers this year.

Negatives - He is still a young QB learning what life is like in the NFL. Also, with both Pittsburgh and Baltimore both in Cincinnati’s division, Palmer will have to face each of these teams very good DEFs twice.

Draft Strategy - After grabbing Plummer in the 6th round, I thought it might be advantageous to pick another QB soon and hope that having two projected top 11 QBs would equate to a top five “combined” performance for the entire Survivor season. And, in fact, Palmer was the value pick at this stage in the draft. Plummer’s and Palmer’s SOS also seemed to fit together fairly well giving them a “combined” projected of (8) EASY weeks against weak pass DEFs.