Cardinals' Carson Palmer named Sporting News' Comeback Player of the Year
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl-new...r-of-the-year-knee-stats-record-mvp-candidate
The nexus of Carson Palmer's story resides in his left knee — a knee that has known many lives. A knee torn asunder in 2006 as Palmer completed a playoff pass against the Steelers. A knee brought back to life with ligaments from a dead man.
A knee that, once again, buckled beneath Palmer on Nov. 9, 2014. The ACL torn — again. Replaced by a patellar tendon.
A new knee that resurfaced old doubts. Could Palmer, this time 36, come back? Could he be the same? And the answer was no.
Because, as it turned out, he could be better.
It's because of that incredible story — a story that starts with a knee and continues with awe-inspiring stats and perhaps ends with a playoff run — that Palmer's peers and coaches around the league voted him the Comeback Player of the Year in a poll conducted by Sporting News.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl-new...r-of-the-year-knee-stats-record-mvp-candidate
The nexus of Carson Palmer's story resides in his left knee — a knee that has known many lives. A knee torn asunder in 2006 as Palmer completed a playoff pass against the Steelers. A knee brought back to life with ligaments from a dead man.
A knee that, once again, buckled beneath Palmer on Nov. 9, 2014. The ACL torn — again. Replaced by a patellar tendon.
A new knee that resurfaced old doubts. Could Palmer, this time 36, come back? Could he be the same? And the answer was no.
Because, as it turned out, he could be better.
It's because of that incredible story — a story that starts with a knee and continues with awe-inspiring stats and perhaps ends with a playoff run — that Palmer's peers and coaches around the league voted him the Comeback Player of the Year in a poll conducted by Sporting News.
