Bruce Arians says the Carson Palmer acquisition was the trade of the century

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Bruce Arians says the Carson Palmer acquisition was the trade of the century

Three years ago, the traded for a quarterback. That quarterback was 34 years old and coming off two seasons in which he posted an 8-16 record as the starter while completing 60.9 percent of his pa ses and posting a 35- Justin Britt Jersey 30 touchdown-to-interception ratio. In the four seasons prior to that, during what should have ostensibly been his physical prime, he compiled a 21-31 record, completed 62.2 percent of his pa ses at 6.8 yards per attempt, and threw 75 touchdowns against 57 interceptions. So all they had Michael Dickson Jersey to give up was a swap of sixth-round picks and a seventh-rounder. That quarterback was , and all he's done since is go 30-10 as a starter for the Cardinals, boosting his yards per attempt figure (8.0 with Arizona, 7.2 before that), slashing his interception rate (from 3.3 percent to 2.6 percent), and throwing more touchdowns than ever before (4.6 percent of pa ses with Cincinnati and Oakland, 5.4 percent with the Cardinals). He's been so good that Bruce Arians called his acquisition the "trade of the century," . That's quite a claim. Palmer' Tre Flowers Jersey s been excellent and the Cardinals have been terrific when he's been on the field, but this century has seen the alone acquire (who then led the NFL in receptions three times in six seasons and posted 672 catches for 7,459 yards and 37 touchdowns during that time) for second- and seventh-round picks and also pick up Randy Mo s (who posted arguably the best season for a wide C. J. Prosise Jersey receiver in NFL history -- 98 catches, 1,493 yards, 23 touchdowns -- and racked up a 259-3,904-50 line in three-plus seasons with the team) for a fourth-round pick ... and those deals happened in the same offseason. Those are just two ma sively lopsided trades. Tedric Thompson Jersey There are certainly others that would qualify for the "trade of the century" discu sion. Palmer has certainly provided a ton of exce s value, helped revitalize the career of , and ushered along the development of Arizona's cadre of young position players, but Arizona probably has to have a bit more playoff succe s before giving the deal "trade of the century" status.
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