Carson Palmer gave an odd answer when asked about Tom Brady's four-game suspension ahead of the Cardinals' Week 1 matchup against the Patriots, but he did indicate he wasn't against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's ruling.
“I tried not to follow it just because it was everywhere for so long,” Palmer said Tuesday, via the Boston Herald. “I go back, and you follow what the rulebook says. You go about your business and your work. If they tell you not to do it and then you get busted and what happens, happens, then you suffer the consequences.
"I’m sure you guys (in New England) look at it a lot differently, but I know a lot of players around the league, just looking at it, I don’t know if you can feel too strongly one way or the other.”
When asked if those were his personal feelings, Palmer remained awkwardly uncommitted as to whether be believed Brady was guilty of having a role in deflating footballs during the 2014 AFC Championship.
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“I don’t know, to be honest,” Palmer replied. “I felt like there was — supposedly the balls went somewhere where they weren’t supposed to go there. There was humidity, not enough humidity or altitude, whatever it was. I don’t know. I didn’t follow the story.
"As soon as it came on, I just turned it off because I was so sick of hearing about it. Whatever the league comes down upon, whatever ruling they make is what they make. You don’t have much of a decision after that. You can fight it for a little bit, but after a while, you’ve just got to abide by what they say.”
Instead of Palmer and the Cardinals facing Brady, they will see backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo at the helm for the Patriots.