The football world is abuzz over this weekend’s game between the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals. The buzz centers around their respective quarterbacks, both of whom are former Heisman Trophy winners. However, when it comes to other similarities between Carolina’s Cam Newton (#13 FCIR) and Arizona’s Carlson Palmer (#4 BEAL), you’ll be hard-pressed to find any! For starters, the two men possess exactly opposite Brain Types, and as one author notes, “It took Palmer 13 seasons to find postseason success. It took Newton just four.”
Those who have been following the i-Blog for the last few years know what we predicted for Palmer before he even entered the league. While much of the media was predicting greatness, we, on the other hand, predicted the possibility for “goodness.” There have been no #4 BEAL quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, in-so-far as we know, so this prediction was, even for us, going out on a bit of a limb. Jon Niednagel even went on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning” to share this information, and Insiders can read our in-depth, exhaustive article from back in 2004, “Carson Palmer: Another Manning or Leaf?” It is interesting to note how we stated from the very beginning that Carson, with his Left brained, mechanical EA ‘dove’ gross motor skills, would be able to throw both the long and accurate ball. Not surprisingly, even in his advancing age (especially for QBs), he is still known as one of the best long-ball, and accurate passers, in the league.