Jason Campbell's Injury Will Cost Raiders; Pursuit Turns To Carson Palmer?

by Joel Thorman on Oct 17, 2011 7:13 AM CDT

Bad news for the Oakland Raiders. QB Jason Campbell suffered a broken collarbone in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns, and he's expected to be out for the entire season, ESPN reports. That's a big blow to a team that's right in the thick of the AFC West race.

The Raiders now turn to QB Kyle Boller, who went 8-of-14 for 100 yards on Sunday.

Or do they? Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that, shortly after Campbell's injury, the Raiders began reaching out to the Cincinnati Bengals regarding QB Carson Palmer. As we know, Palmer wants to be traded but the Bengals have refused to budge. We shall see before Tuesday's deadline if Bengals owner Mike Brown remains firm in his no-trade talk.

(By the way, the Raiders don't have a second, third or fourth round pick in the 2012 draft. There's not much ammo there to make a trade happen unless they start selling off 2013.)

The Raiders, like the Kansas City Chiefs, base so much of their offense on the run. Darren McFadden, Michael Bush and others are the focal point of the offense but the Raiders passing game, including WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, has been looking better in recent weeks. All that momentum is now gone with Campbell out and, barring a trade deadline move, Boller is their new quarterback this season.

This should be good news for the Chiefs, who travel to Oakland this weekend. Boller is a very average quarterback -- career 56.7 percent passer, 48 touchdowns and 51 interceptions. The Chiefs' chances of winning in Oakland this season just increased.

That said, the Raiders' defensive line will still be a problem, their running game is really what you need to stop and it's not always easy to win in Oakland. So this is by no means a gimme (and KC will probably be 'dogs in this game).

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I sure hope this deal does not go through.

Carson Palmer in a would not look good in Silver and Black. If Oakland has a competent pocket passer, their offense will become far more balanced than it currently is. On a side note, since Palmer doesn’t like it in Cincy, what about Oakland screams second chance?

by TheDudeAbides007 on Oct 17, 2011 7:20 AM CDT reply actions

The ownership in CIN has been pretty awful

And to be fair to OAK, the players tend to love the ownership there. The Bengals have been a shambles who’ve somehow managed to figure out which way is up this year – so far. The Raiders have actually been assembling a pretty good team.

Oakland would be a great situation for Palmer.

I’d hate seeing it happen, as a Chiefs fan. But for Palmer’s sake, it would be pretty cool.

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by TRSChief on Oct 17, 2011 7:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, it'd be nice for palmer

Which is why I don’t see it happening. that is one vindictive front office.

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by MNchiefsfan on Oct 17, 2011 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions

One word

Battle

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by Chiefsfan85 on Oct 17, 2011 7:26 AM CDT reply actions

so who's calling the shots on personel decisions now that Al's gone

Hue Jackson?

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by trentchiefsfan on Oct 17, 2011 7:28 AM CDT reply actions

wouldn't be surprised ... certainly would expect him to have a lot of input at this point

most likely official decisions by Al’s son … perhaps a group decision, but they may well have been doing this for awhile given Al’s age and declining health

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by upamtn on Oct 17, 2011 7:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Al's Son?

The red-haired one…

by Chief_Elmo on Oct 17, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions

gpong to be a VERY tough, physical game

DMC has looked as good this year as last … Boller isn’t as good as Campbell, but regardless who starts for the Raiders, if the Chiefs don’t stop McFadden it’s going to be difficult if not impossible to come out with a win

by upamtn on Oct 17, 2011 7:48 AM CDT reply actions

The Chiefs can contain DMC

Can’t stop him. Do like they did with Adrian Peterson and the rest shall fall into place

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by NJChieffan16 on Oct 17, 2011 7:52 AM CDT reply actions

Let them

mortgage the 2013 season. Palmer is a step sideways, and if they throw a pick or two at him, great.

Go luck yourself.

by ottawachiefsfan on Oct 17, 2011 7:56 AM CDT reply actions

I don't know about that. I really think Palmer is a legitimate step up from Campbell.

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by TRSChief on Oct 17, 2011 7:58 AM CDT up reply actions

He may be a bit better

But the raiders, in my opinion are a run team, and i don’t think he’ll help them enough to justify a 2013 pick.

Go luck yourself.

by ottawachiefsfan on Oct 17, 2011 8:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Fair enough mindset.

I still think that with Boss who is a good TE (not elite, but good) and a nice you WR corps that is developing pretty well – someone like Palmer could step up the OAK offense to a level it hasn’t seen yet.

And I still hope it doesn’t happen.

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by TRSChief on Oct 17, 2011 8:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Silver & Black Pride has a totally logical reason as to why the Palmer trade won't happen

“The Bengals have little to gain by trading Palmer now as opposed to waiting for the offseason. Any trade for Palmer is likely to be for draft picks, and while the Raiders position means the Bengals could currently get above market value for Palmer, that would be equaled out by the fact that the trade would strengthen a team with an identical record to them and are competing for a playoff spot with.

There is simply no way Mike Brown okays this trade. He will sit contently and joyously smug in the knowledge that he is sticking it to Palmer. They will likely then trade Palmer in the offseason just prior to the draft, or just after the draft."

Predictions:
I'm going to stop predicting positive things

by jmcgoblue on Oct 17, 2011 7:57 AM CDT reply actions

Did Sons of Blanda write that?

Because that is some very good reasoning

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by MNchiefsfan on Oct 17, 2011 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions

And they don't have many draft picks to trade.

by Chiefs4Life on Oct 17, 2011 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

if im not mistaken

Raiders have very lil to offer cinci in trade. they only have a few draft picks for next year. Boller throws a nice deep pass and thats all they need being a run first team. They said we couldnt stop AP so DMC can be stopped, especially when they have boller at QB.

by Sinny on Oct 17, 2011 8:11 AM CDT reply actions

This is just going to give them an excuse.

If the Chiefs beat thme this week, The Raiders and the fans, will say well we didnt’ have our starting QB, failing to admit the Chiefs are without a few Starters as well. I’d say our starters are a little more important than there also. Not much of a dtop off from Campbell to whoever they get. But next week ,we will have their trolls everywhere

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by dbakerku on Oct 17, 2011 8:31 AM CDT reply actions

As long as we win, I will laugh at their lame excuses.

by bossmanham on Oct 17, 2011 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions

I can’t wait unti they bring that up…because we have been so injury free this year.

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by Craiggotgame on Oct 17, 2011 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions

JUST WIN, BABY!

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by ExRoyalsFan on Oct 17, 2011 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Two words: Brodie Croyle

Make it happen, Raiders!

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by GonzosDirtyTrailer on Oct 17, 2011 9:16 AM CDT reply actions

Ummm....

Everyone is forgetting about Terelle Pryor! His suspension is over, right?

Dude’s gonna be a HOFer.

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by Chiefs_swagger on Oct 17, 2011 9:32 AM CDT reply actions

Harry Old Fart ??

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by dbakerku on Oct 17, 2011 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Huge overrated failure?

by bossmanham on Oct 17, 2011 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions

4th round picks are overrated?

Whats that say about Alex Magee?

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