Carson article in ESPN Magazine this month

[rizzy]

Just got the latest issue of ESPN magazine with Carson on the cover. Just wanted to put a quote from the article here, it is good times.

Rain had begun to fall on Soldier Field when Carson Palmer ducked his head into the Bengals huddle and told wideout Chad Johnson to give him a short hook route--and nothing more. Midway through the third quarter in Chicago during Week 3, the Bengals didn't need anything fancy. They were up 10-0 on their way to a 24-7 victory and a 3-0 record. The huddle broke. The ball was snapped. And there was Johnson, climbing over the top of the cornerback, taxi-hailing with his right arm as he streaked toward the end zone.

Having glance away to freeze the saftey, Palmer turned and threw to the shallow flat, where Johson should have been. The pass was nearly picked off, but Johnson cantered back to the huddle, nonplussed. Despite his reputation for a renegade 'tude, the wideout's antics are generally in good fun and rarely to the detriment of his teammates. He's rarely challenged in Cincinnati, but a red-faced and frothing Palmer exploded out of the huddle, ramming his face mask into Johnson's and snarling, "Hey ... Hey man! What the f--- are you doing? Don't you ever do that again. You understand me?"

Commissioners, coaches and cornerbacks have all tried and failed to find Johnson's mute button. This time, though, he stood silent, frozen. The sight startled the other Bengals so much that they broke into nevervous giggles. On the next play, Palmer hit Chris Henry up the other sideline for a 36-yard TD. "I gotta tell you," Johnson said later. "I won't ever do that again. We can all laugh about it now but, man, that was some scary s---. Carson don't play. For real. I was speechless."

The rest of the 4 page article is good times also, but that little piece from the article, I thought, was the best.

[Stripes]

A smile so big formed on my face when reading that tidbit that I almost exploded into a spasmodic frenzy of Bengal joy, right here in the silent Wright State library.

Awesome post, Rizzy.

[BengalsMan3203]

Yah know, I picked up the ESPN mag yesterday at school... Got to read the article, and was going to post that part today.....

Good Work, You beat me to it.

[turningpoint]

I just put in the game dvd and watched both of those plays.

Really chad would of had a td on that play actually is Kooistra wasn't in on that play... he got beat badly so all Briggs had to do was bat the ball down and he almost picked it off.

the next play Willie Anderson checks back into the game( he had back spasms) and Palmer hikes it and only looks at henry the entire plays...and just lofts it up to him TD.

[MacD BengalFan]

That tells me that CJ has the utmost respect for Carson and his abilities. If Carson did that to say, Keyshawn Johnson or Randy Moss, or worse, Terrell Owens, there would have been a very heated exchange between the two. I am glad to see Carson displaying some authority and the most vocal member of the team respecting it. That is team chemistry.

[BengalszoneBilly]

That tells me that CJ has the utmost respect for Carson and his abilities.

As Carson certainly does for Chad and his abilities. IMHO the Bengals "great team chemistry" is a by product of the obvious mutual respect shared between ALL the players. Lets hope they continue to feed off of it on their march to the playoffs!