Carson Palmer has chance at first playoff win, won't focus on himself

In stark contrast, Palmer joined the Bengals as the No. 1 overall pick in '03 after leading USC to its first double-digit-win campaign in more than a decade and winning the coveted Heisman Trophy. Palmer helped produce back-to-back top 10 finishes in 

In stark contrast, Palmer joined the Bengals as the No. 1 overall pick in '03 after leading USC to its first double-digit-win campaign in more than a decade and winning the coveted Heisman Trophy. Palmer helped produce back-to-back top 10 finishes in 

For a dozen seasons now Carson Palmer has been a good, and at times better than good, NFL quarterback. He has also operated in relative obscurity. Some of that is because his teams were often lousy. Some of it is because when they were good, 

Green Bay — At 36 years old, this might be quarterback Carson Palmer's last chance to win a playoff game, let alone reach the Super Bowl. The pressures are many as Palmer leads the second-seeded Arizona Cardinals (13-3) against the fifth-seeded Green 

The knock on Palmer wasn't so much his inability to win in the postseason as it was his inability to lead a team to the postseason. He has already done that. He has already proven himself. He isn't Andy Dalton. He hasn't taken his team to the playoffs