Written by Chris Hutchison

---

As I'm sure you've heard, Bengals QB Carson Palmer has gone out of his way to let the team know that he has no interest in playing for them anymore and would rather retire.  The latest from a CBS Sportsline blog:

Palmer told a confidant that “I will never set foot in Paul Brown Stadium again. … I have $80 million in the bank. I don't have to play football for money. I'll play it for the love of the game but that would have to be elsewhere. I'm prepared to live my life."

Indications are that Mike Brown and the Bengals have actually realized the sincerity of these proclamations and might very well take steps to move the disgruntled QB and get some return rather than a big fat Zero.  That, sports fans, would mean that Cincy would definitely be in the market for a QB, and sits pretty at #4 overall with a shot at either Cam Newton or Blaine Gabbert.

Rumblings have the Bengals inftuated with the raw talent that Newton brings to the table, but there's still a good chance either Carolina or Buffalo will nab him before the FraidyCats do.

Regardless, this likely pushes a prime player like AJ Green, Patrick Peterson, Nick Fairley, or Marcel Dareus a little further down the line... to where they might be available at #6 to Cleveland.