Carson Palmer reflects on NFC championship disaster: ‘You just turn the page’
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer turned the ball over six times in his team’s NFC Championship loss against Carolina. Two months later, he’s coming to terms with what happened.
Palmer spoke to Dan Bickley of the Arizona Republic about how he’s getting over his team’s 49-15 defeat – and his own performance.
“You just turn the page,” Palmer said. “You have to. There is no dwelling. There is no feeling sorry for yourself. There is no locking yourself in a closet. I’ve played 150-something games. You can’t let one game define you. You just have to move on.”
Palmer, however, is 1-3 in his career in playoff games, and after such a devastating loss, some will wonder if he can win the big games. The veteran doesn’t mind the scrutiny, though.
“You take it head on,” Palmer said. “You’re honest and you take the heat and you move on. It is what it is. That’s the position. That’s the game. Nobody is safe, other than the one guy that wins the Super Bowl, and even Peyton (Manning) was getting picked apart this year. There’s a lot of pressure. But it’s a good pressure.”
Palmer is saying all the right things. He said he felt as though he’d let his fans and teammates down after that loss, and that can be tough to come back from, but it seems Palmer has the mental strength to manage it.
