Lewis knows when Palmer will play
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There's a date in August already circled on Marvin Lewis' calendar. That's when he's already planned for quarterback Carson Palmer to play in the preseason.
Lewis has had the date planned out for some time now, even before Palmer continued on Friday to show quicker progress than expected during the team's three-day minicamp. Palmer and his surgically repaired left knee were under center for a majority of the snaps during 11-on-11 team drills during both the morning and afternoon practices.
Prior to this camp, the belief was that Palmer would not participate in any team drills.
"There's no reason to back him off," said Lewis. "He's continued to be ahead of where we thought he would be when we got started. When we got started, we thought he'd be doing this in August. He's doing it in June. It's a credit to him and the people that have been working with him.
"Today he jumped in there when I didn't know he was in there. I just want to make sure when he's on the field against the defense, I know it. So I had to correct him. He's not been fatigued with it. He's carrying himself well."
Despite the unexpected progress made, Lewis won't deviate from his plan of when he'll get Palmer into a preseason game. Lewis also wouldn't divulge which game it would be.
The Bengals open training camp at Georgetown College on July 29 and will spend two weeks there before beginning their preseason schedule on Sunday, Aug. 13, at home against Washington. They travel to Buffalo to face the Bills five days later and will have 10 more days of practice before hosting Green Bay on Monday, Aug. 28. The Bengals close out the preseason schedule at Indianapolis on Friday, Sept. 1.
The home games against Washington and Green Bay will be nationally televised by NBC and ESPN, respectively.
The Bengals open the regular at Kansas City against the Chiefs on Sept. 10. Lewis has maintained a belief all offseason that Palmer can be ready to play in the opener even though it would be only eight months from the date of Palmer's surgery. The events of the past two days have only strengthened that belief.
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Palmer to play in Preseason?
Palmer to play in Preseason?
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