To say Jay Cutler has been heavily scrutinized the last few days would be like saying Glenn Beck hates liberals. I don’t feel like writing the 645,712,921,515,339,196th column about whether Cutler should’ve kept playing or not, although I will reference him in regards to another quarterback story that came out.
As first reported by ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, Bengals QB Carson Palmer has told the team that if he is not traded this off-season he will retire. Palmer, who has never been the same since he tore his ACL in a playoff game against Pittsburgh in 2006, has every right to be frustrated with the plight of Cincinnati. I can’t fault him for requesting the team to explore trade possibilities, but what message does it send when he is threatening retirement? To me, it sounds like a guy who no longer has the desire to play unless he is in an ideal situation.
The general public’s acceptance of Palmer is curious. The majority of folks have crushed Cutler for not staying in the game on a torn MCL, but at least Cutler gave it a go for one series before getting the hook. There has been little backlash to Palmer’s “trade or retire” mentality. Why are the masses accepting a guy who has relatively good health hanging it up because he’s tired of losing? Apparently not wanting to play is okay if you’re on a losing team, but not playing because you have a bum knee isn’t.
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