Jungle Noise: A Third Edition of Bengals News

  Much Ado About Nothing A lot has been made of Bengals QB Carson Palmer's comments on a radio interview with the Sirius NFL radio program "Movin' The Chains" last week. Of teammate Chad Ochocinco and his absence, Palmer said, "Well, I really don't know. I haven't talked to him. I haven't talked to anybody that has talked to him. "He wasn't here last year, so I'm expecting him not to be here at all this year. Last year I think he was here for the mandatory camp but didn't participate in it. "So I'm planning on him not being here just because he hasn't been here yet." What those words say to me is that Palmer is focused on who is in camp and doesn’t want the distractions that come with talking about a player not present. Palmer also understands that Chad does his own thing in the offseason: Ochocinco trains with Charles Collins, who runs the Phenom Factory in southern California. I think that the media, especially ESPN and NFL Network, were trying to make a story were ... (link)