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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Carson Palmer is tired of seeing the Cincinnati Bengals pile up more arrests than wins.
The quarterback’s frustration level with his teammates has grown steadily over the last nine months, and for reasons that have nothing to do with on-field play.
“Enough is enough,” Palmer said Wednesday at the Super Bowl media center. “It’s something we’re definitely not proud of.”
When cornerback Johnathan Joseph was arrested last week and charged with possession of marijuana, he became the ninth Bengals player arrested in a nine-month span — and Palmer isn’t making any more attempts to hide his disappointment with the run of trouble.
“From here on out, guys just need to make better decisions,” Palmer said. “Life is about making the right decisions and moving on. The decisions they’ve made are not the right ones.”
Along with the arrests, linebacker Odell Thurman and receiver Chris Henry were suspended by the NFL for misconduct. Henry, who has been arrested four times in the last 14 months, could be facing another suspension at the start of the 2007 season over two court cases that were settled last week.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell even took the step of telling the team to behave during a visit to Cincinnati last fall. Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is implementing new, tougher rules and regulations for the team to follow — something Palmer supports.
“There’s really nothing that Marvin can do in the offseason,” Palmer said. “Right now, you can’t put a curfew on guys. You can’t call guys every single night to make sure they’re in bed, they’re not running around.”
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But all that was overshadowed by the off-field problems.
“I don’t know if I got angry,” Palmer said. “I got more and more frustrated. When something happens once, you hope that a slap on the wrist will take care of it and things would resolve themselves. ... We’re professionals. We’re all supposed to be professionals and handle ourselves like professionals. That didn’t always happen with our team.”
Palmer was a finalist for the FedEx Air and Ground players of the year awards that were given to San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson and New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees. Palmer won the award last season.
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Wesseling: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for AFC teams.
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