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Bengals made the right choice with Palmer

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Monday, September 26, 2005

CHICAGO -- Make a mistake at the quarterback position, particularly in expending a high-round draft choice on a passer who doesn't work out, and it's a misjudgment that often takes a long time to rectify. Certainly it's an error that forces other maneuvers, ones generally meant to compensate for the original blunder, and those follow-up efforts to make good sometimes only compound the original blunder. Then again, sometimes they turn out pretty well. Take the Chicago Bears and the Cincinnati Be ...

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