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Palmer, right, spent all last season learning behind Kitna.

The Bengals finally got it right. With a history of ruining young QBs, the Bengals let Carson Palmer learn for a year and it should pay off, writes John Clayton. One big help for Palmer will be WR Chad Johnson, who looks great in camp .

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The Bengals finally got it right. With a history of ruining young QBs, the Bengals let Carson Palmer learn for a year and it should pay off, writes John Clayton. One big help for Palmer will be WR Chad Johnson, who looks great in camp .

Let's sincerely hope that this is true brother. We've been burned too many times before, and the odds are with us here.

Go BENGALS!! :player:

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LB Nate Webster (Bucks) CB Artrelle Hawkins (Panthers)

SA Kim Herring (Rams) OIL Mike Goff (Chargers)

KA Chaine Graham (re-signed) OIL Matt O'Dwyer (Bucks)

CA Rich Braham (re-signed) CB Jeff Burros (Patriots)

HR Patrick Johnson (Redskins) LB Rial Johnson (Cardinals)

CB Reggae Males (re-signed) REB Brandon Bennett (Bucks)

SA Rogers Becket (re-signed) FS Mark Roman (Packers)

OK Bobby Williams (Eagles) DT Oliver Gibson (Bills)

OIL Victor Leva (re-signed) OK Scott Rehberg (49ers)

DB Kevin Kaesviharn (re-signed) CB Kurt Kittner (released)

HR TA.JO. Houshmandzadeh (re-signed) DT Glen Steele (Giants)

DE Tony Stewart (re-signed) OIL Alex Sulfsted (released)

OL Larry Moore (Redskins) LB Dwayne Levels (released)

RB Rudi Johnson (re-signed) LB Adrian Ross (released)

P Eddie Johnson (Vikings)

TE James Whalen (Cowboys)

Acquired via trade Players traded

CB Deltha O'Neal, 1st round draft pick, 4th round draft pick (Broncos) 1st round draft pick

2nd round (No. 56) draft pick (Patriots) RB Corey Dillon

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Chad Johnson exploded into a Pro Bowl wide receiver by catching 90 balls for 1,355 yards, and he looks even quicker and better than a year ago. He explodes into his slant routes, but more impressive is his hands. He snatches everything out of the air, rarely dropping anything. He's emerging into one of the hottest young receivers in football and will make Carson Palmer's transition to the starting quarterback job much easier.

Whether it was moving training camp to Kentucky or nightmares about Akili Smith, the Bengals finally got it right. Kentucky is horse-breeders' turf. It's sacred ground in which thoroughbreds are trained and champions are taken to stud. But that's where the Bengals had been getting it wrong. They'd take studs and lead them to slaughter. From David Klingler to Smith to others, the Bengals were the destroyers of franchise quarterbacks. Enter Marvin Lewis, whose career was built around breaking down opposing quarterbacks his defenses. He drafted Carson Palmer and let him sit through a season like a thoroughbred in training. This yearling wasn't racing. Watching Palmer practice in Georgetown, Ky., isn't that much different than watching Smarty Jones working with a trainer in the Kentucky blue grass. It's peaceful. It's serene. It's pretty to watch.

Clayton: Best/Worst case scenarios | Postcard

Four more years

Marvin Lewis, who led the Bengals to an 8-8 record last year, signed a new contract shortly after the end of last season, team spokesman Jack Brennan said. "We were so pleased with how it had gone on and thought he had done an extraordinarily effective job and we wanted to show him that we appreciated what he had done and offered to extend the contract," Bengals president Mike Brown said. Lewis received a new four-year contract that will pay him more than $2 million a season, replacing the four-year deal he signed when he was hired in January 2003. "It was very positive and very gracious and flattering to me, wanting to renegotiate and extend the contract," Lewis told the Cincinnati Enquirer, although he did not confirm the length or the amount of the new contract. "(Brown) just felt like that the two of us could make this thing work long term

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