Carson Palmer Quotes

"He wears the emotions on his sleeve sometimes. That's not a good or a bad thing. It's just that he's an emotional player and a competitive player. He wants the ball."

"The defense is making it easy on us."

"That doesn't happen to that defense, ... They're the No. 2 defense in the league and they're a very good, aggressive, physical defense."

"Football is a very physical game; things happen. I don't hold a grudge at all. I don't think he meant to do it. It's part of the game. ... It's a freak accident."

"That's my fault. I need to just throw it away early and cut our losses. I hurt the team on that one."

"The truth is that if I wasn't hurt I'd be here for 2 1/2 hours – but now I've got to work out for 2 1/2 hours and I've got 2 1/2 to 3 hours more of rehab to do, so I'm not cheating anybody."

"I'm more excited about getting past the Chiefs and moving on forward from that."

"I think Coach just wanted to let some starters rest. Going into a game like (next week's), you don't need momentum."

"He used his body today to block the defender off. He used a basketball move where he posted him up a little bit."

"We've come a long way at reading each other's body language at the line of scrimmage when we're watching what the defense is doing to us, ... He's come a long way on that and he's brought me along with him."

"The defense has given us every advantage, ... With the tempo we've had on offense, that's been a good combination."

"This team's really, really been grinding. And that's Marvin's philosophy. For us to get a week off and have an opportunity to really rest our bodies and get ready for the playoffs would be huge."

"There's progress in a lot of areas but a lot of things we have to execute better. Our main thing is you want to get better week to week and be ready for opening day, and we got better last week."

"Oh, no question, ... He's one of those guys that got thrown into the fire early. It's tough. They're trying to build a team around him and going through growing pains."

"He was a phenomenal player. He just kind of had a bad streak of luck."

"My groin felt great. I could have ended up playing the whole game. But I think Coach (Marvin Lewis) wanted to let some of the starters rest."

"I have a lot more experience, so I feel like I'm a different quarterback since that game."

"[This is] a great moment for me both professionally and personally. Working with the coaches here and the Brown family has been a tremendous experience. I love our prospects for being a great team into the future and we love living in Cincinnati."

"He wears his emotions on his sleeve sometimes. He's an emotional player. He's very competitive, and he wants the ball."

"It's going to be a lot of fun to have them in our place."