Palmer sharp in return, Bengals top Chiefs
Carson Palmer is all the way back and sharp as ever.
Sharper, maybe. Exactly eight months to the day after doctors rebuilt his mangled left knee, Palmer hit nine straight passes in one impressive stretch in Cincinnati’s 23-10 victory over Kansas City, which lost quarterback Trent Green to injury.
Green, motionless on the field, was carefully wheeled off on a stretcher after his head was snapped back to the ground on a hit by Robert Geathers. Green was in a feet-first hook slide when Geathers came crashing in and hit him in the chest and head with his right shoulder.
The hit occurred on the sideline right in front of the Chiefs bench. There was no penalty on the third-quarter tackle, and the game was delayed 11 minutes while Green was taken away.
A Chiefs spokesman said later that Green was conscious and had feeling in his extremities, but no memory of the hit.
From 2001-2005, Green passed for more yards (16,334) than any quarterback in the NFL but Peyton Manning. With 4,014 yards last year, he became just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to post three straight 4,000-yard seasons.
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