The Next Dynamic Duos Of The AFC

Dynamic Duos of the AFC?

For this installment of Dynamic Duos, lets get some things out on the table first.

–          The AFC is full of Rookies and First Timers.  First Timers are almost like rookies except they have experience but are with new teams, new coaches, and new personnel.

–          The AFC is full of teams vying for top position on the Neilson Reality TV Ratings and Headline Media Wars.  It’s like reading a who’s who of upcoming tv shows for the fall season.

 

 

And like my Dynamic Duos of the NFC, I will purposely ignore (some) of the obvious ones.

After all, we are trying to pick the Next Dynamic Duos.

So, who are the contestants?

First up:  NY Jets

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The Time is Now

Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson’s mantra all season has been “the time is now,” and he backed that up by dealing for Palmer.

They were also desperate.

Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown had all the time in the world to punish Palmer for holding out and making what they considered unreasonable demands. With Andy Dalton playing reasonably well, Patience is a Virtue.

With the Raiders trading a first and second round draft pick for Palmer, that patience paid off big time for the Bengals organization. Their time is now, and next April, and the April after that.

Payoff for the Raiders will come in the form of a playoff appearance this winter.

Payoff for Palmer is to the tune of $2.5 million guaranteed this year, $12 million with $5 million guaranteed in 2012, $13 million in 2013 and $15 in 2014.

Not too shabby for a guy staging his version of protest by occupying southern California with T.J Houshmandzadeh and a bunch of high school football players.

So Palmer get $2.5 million for staging a sit in.
The Bengals get 2 great draft pick slots to build upon.
note: given the Raiders history of draft picks, this is probably a good thing.
And the Raiders get somebody with some decent level of QB talent injecting some excitement into the team, fans and organization for, well at least one week.

The time is now for everyone to show that this was a good trade for everyone involved.