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STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA RECORDS HISTORY 2008 REVIEW COLLEGE FREE AGENTS <strong>2009</strong> DRAFT CHOICES VETERANS ROSTERS STAFF<br />
<strong>Bengals</strong>’ offensive leader, holder of numerous club<br />
passing records, seeks an injury-free ’09 after being<br />
limited by elbow injury to four games last season …<br />
Injury healed without surgery by season’s end, and he<br />
was cleared for all ’09 workout and camp activity … His<br />
2008 statistics included 75 completions in 129 attempts<br />
(58.1 percent) for 673 yards, with three TDs and four INTs<br />
(passer rating of 69.0) … Was the only NFL QB to take<br />
every offensive snap for his team in 2007, and he reset two<br />
of his own club records with 373 completions and 4131<br />
passing yards … Also in ’07, became fifth-fastest passer<br />
in NFL history to reach 100-TD mark.<br />
2008 PARTICIPATION: Started in Games 1-3 …<br />
Suffered elbow injury in Game 3, Sept. 21 at N.Y. Giants,<br />
and though he fi nished the game, he was inactive due to<br />
the injury on Sept. 28 vs. Cleveland … Returned to action<br />
and played all the way on Oct. 5 at Dallas, but elbow<br />
soreness recurred, and he was a game-day inactive for<br />
Games 6-16 … Was able to return to practice participation<br />
in season’s fi nal week.<br />
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Had a streak of 51 consecutive<br />
starts before missing Sept. 28 vs. Browns … Held<br />
to 99 passing yards, third-lowest of his career, on Sept.<br />
7 at Baltimore, completing 10-of-25 with no TDs and<br />
one INT … Passed 16-for-27 Sept. 14 vs. Tennessee,<br />
for 134-0-2 … Hit stride Sept. 21 at N.Y. Giants, posting<br />
98.9 passer rating on 27-of-39 for 286 yards, with a 17-<br />
yard TD pass to T.J. Houshmandzadeh and no INTs …<br />
Also was three-for-23 rushing at Giants … On Oct. 5 at<br />
Dallas, completed 23-of-39 for 217 yards, with two TDs<br />
and one INT … Both TD passes at Dallas were to T.J.<br />
Houshmandzadeh, covering 18 yards in third quarter and<br />
10 yards in fourth quarter.<br />
FIFTH FASTEST: Palmer threw his 100th career<br />
TD pass on Dec. 15, 2007 at San Francisco, reaching<br />
the century mark in his 59th NFL game. Based on games<br />
played, he is the fi fth-fastest passer in NFL history to<br />
reach 100 TDs. The only four passers to reach 100 faster<br />
would make a good start on an aerial hall of fame. They<br />
are Dan Marino (44 games), Kurt Warner (50), Johnny<br />
Unitas (53) and Peyton Manning (56). Palmer nudged<br />
Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper (each at 62 games)<br />
out of the top fi ve.<br />
CARSON PALMER<br />
9<br />
Quarterback<br />
Ht: 6-5<br />
Wt: 235<br />
7th year in NFL<br />
College: Southern California<br />
2008 Games-Starts: 4-4<br />
Career Games-Starts: 65-65<br />
Acquired: D1’03<br />
(1st overall)<br />
Born: 12-27-79<br />
FOURTH-QUARTER RALLIES: Palmer has seven<br />
career wins in which the team has trailed in the final period,<br />
and four additional wins in games where the score was<br />
tied in the fourth quarter.<br />
PALMER’S BENGALS RECORDS CHECK:<br />
Entering his seventh <strong>Bengals</strong> season, Palmer holds the<br />
following club records:<br />
CAREER—completion percentage (63.7), passer<br />
rating (88.9) and TD/INT ratio (1.6/1).<br />
SEASON—completions (373 in ’07), passing yards<br />
(4131 in ’07), TD passes (32 in ’05) and passer rating<br />
(101.1 in ’05); Palmer is also tied for most 300-yard<br />
passing games in a season (five in ’07).<br />
GAME—TD passes (six on 9-16-07 at Cleveland).<br />
MORE ON PALMER RECORDS: 2007—His<br />
club-record 373 completions broke his own mark of 345<br />
from 2005 … His club-record 4131 passing yards broke<br />
mark of 4035 he had set in ’06 … Set <strong>Bengals</strong> game<br />
record with six TD passes at Cleveland. 2006—Became<br />
first Bengal to pass for 4000 yards, finishing at 4035 to<br />
top previous <strong>Bengals</strong> season mark of 3959 by Boomer<br />
Esiason in 1986. 2005—His NFL-leading 32 TD passes<br />
broke <strong>Bengals</strong> season record of 29 set by Ken Anderson<br />
in 1981 … His 345 completions broke <strong>Bengals</strong> mark of<br />
326 set by Jeff Blake in 1995 … Posted <strong>Bengals</strong>-record<br />
for season passer rating (101.1), topping Ken Anderson<br />
mark of 98.4 in 1981, and ranked second in NFL in passer<br />
rating … His league-leading plus-20 differential between<br />
TD passes and INTs (32-12) bettered previous <strong>Bengals</strong><br />
mark of plus-19 by Ken Anderson in ’81 (29-10) … Tied<br />
NFL record with nine consecutive games of 100-plus<br />
passer rating (streak covered his last three games of ’04<br />
and first six of ’05) … Tied NFL record for most 100-plus<br />
passer ratings in a season (12).<br />
MORE FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2003—<br />
Drafted by <strong>Bengals</strong> in first round (No. 1 overall) … Signed<br />
April 24, two days prior to draft … Did not play during<br />
regular season, as veteran Jon Kitna took every snap …<br />
In preseason, Palmer led <strong>Bengals</strong> in completions (37)<br />
and yards (451), with four TDs and four INTs (87.8 passer<br />
rating). 2004—Made his regular-season playing debut,<br />
and took every offensive snap until he was sidelined by a<br />
season-ending knee ligament strain in Game 13, Dec. 12<br />
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