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It's not often I have a chance to say this, but here goes: Mike Brown did the right thing. First, he made his point with Carson Palmer. Then he made a deal with Oakland.
And he won in both instances.
For months, the Bengals' owner insisted he would not trade the disgruntled Palmer, and for all the right reasons: It would set a precedent for future unhappy campers. The moment they didn't like a contract, their playing time, their jersey number, something, they could invoke the name of Carson Palmer and demand a first-class ticket out of Cincinnati.
Except they can't.
Brown never acted on Palmer's request, insisting he would do nothing to accommodate the quarterback. So the Bengals drafted Andy Dalton, opened training camp without Palmer, inserted Dalton in Palmer's place and went on as if...
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