CINCINNATI (AP) – Carson Palmer would be wise to remain solid.
Discontent with Doug Johnson’s preseason play, the Cincinnati Bengals delivered their veteran reinforcement quarterback Saturday and acquired Ryan Fitzpatrick from the St. Louis Rams for a restrictive draft pick.
The move abandons the Bengals with little experience Palmer, who made the Expert Bowl last season subsequent to recuperating from reconstructive medical procedure to his left side knee.
Fitzpatrick, who began three games for the Rams as a new kid on the block in 2005, was headed to Cincinnati to begin learning another framework. The other quarterback is youngster Jeff Rowe, a fifth-round draft pick from Nevada.
It’s uncommon for a group with season finisher desires to have so little profundity at the main position. Mentor Marvin Lewis was so discontent with Johnson’s play in the preseason that the Bengals made him one of their finished products.
The 29-year-old Johnson was the third-string quarterback for the majority of last season and didn’t get into a game. He climbed to No. 2 after Anthony Wright left as a free specialist in the slow time of year, yet lost his employment by playing inadequately in the preseason.
Johnson tossed captures on the Bengals’ initial two belongings during a 14-6 misfortune to Indianapolis on Friday night. He finished 57% of his tosses with two scores and four captures in the preseason for a less than ideal passer rating of 60.1.
His battles provoked the Bengals to get Fitzpatrick, who was the Rams’ seventh-round draft choose from Harvard in 2005.
“We’ve addressed the Rams about Ryan perhaps a couple times, maybe one or two prospects throughout the course of recent years,” Lewis said. “As I told him, we realized he would have been a Bengal, it just took somewhat longer than we anticipated.
“He’s played with great levelheadedness. We preferred him emerging from school. We like what we see.”
Lewis wasn’t certain about whether Fitzpatrick or Rowe would be the No. 2 quarterback for the season opener on Monday, Sept. 10 against the Baltimore Ravens. They’ll share time running the offense by and by.
“We will attempt to split it and see who will go into this week as the subsequent quarterback,” Lewis said.
The Bengals likewise delivered guarded tackle Kenderick Allen and linebacker Edgerton Hartwell, who were endorsed in the slow time of year to add profundity to a protection that has been among the association’s most terrible.
Running back Chris Perry, who broke his leg keep going November, was put on the actually unfit to perform list. Perry needs to pass on the initial a month and a half of the time.
The Bengals additionally took actions including two of their players who have had to deal with criminal penalties.
They deferred second-year collector Reggie McNeal, who played quarterback at Texas A&M and was learning another situation in Cincinnati. They kept second-year guarded end Frostee Rucker, who has been eased back by a hamstring injury during the preseason.
Rucker is engaging a proposed one-game suspension for disregarding the NFL’s direct strategy, the consequence of settling an abusive behavior at home case in April. The third-round draft pick likewise missed last season due to a shoulder injury.
“We need to see more,” Lewis said. “Unquestionably he’s a person that is got a great deal to demonstrate. He made it (the list) eventually, yet in light of the fact that you start there doesn’t mean you finish there – or anyone, besides.”
Assuming that the NFL sticks with its discipline, Rucker would be the third Bengal suspended for the opener, joining center linebacker Odell Thurman and collector Chris Henry. Thurman will pass on the season, while Henry could return at the midpoint.
Ten Bengals were accused of violations during a 14-month length. Six of them stay on the program.
The Bengals are probably going to sign a free specialist kicker as a safeguard in the following couple of days. Shayne Graham wounded his right hip while assisting with a tackle in a preseason game on Monday night, yet could be back for the opener.
Aaron Elling was gotten to kick on Friday night, however tore a tendon in his knee while attempting to make a tackle on an opening shot. Punter Kyle Larson made an additional two focuses in his place.
