For better or worse, Palmer is the man.

I still can't get that image out of my mind of him getting through clean and then just bouncing off Roethlisberger, but I suppose that has happened to a lot of players. Barrington impressed me as an "effort" kind of guy; I HOPE Palmer plays with that kind of hustle too. The other thing is calling the defensive signals - apparently Barrington had become adequate at that. We better hope Palmer can keep things decent that way too. I think he will be all right if Matthews is the other ILB for most of the snaps.

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker 

Hopefully with some more time his awareness in coverage will improve. I was screaming like a mad man to turn around on the deep throw that bounced off his back and was almost picked by Ha Ha. He turns around and he's got an easy one himself.

Originally Posted by: mi_keys 

Personally that didn't bother me at all.... after years of watching Brad Jones and A.J. Hawk turning around, having great awareness of the ball and watching it as it goes over their head into the waiting hands of the receiver... I'm personally just fine if the Palmer has zero awareness of the ball as long as it doesn't go into the hands of the one of the receivers... (and no PI calls as well).

But Palmer was in pretty good position there... plus if I remember correct Haha (who's watching the QB) still should of had that one right? After it bounced off...

Originally Posted by: beast