“Everyone talks about the good old days, when guys were tough and quarterbacks got crushed all the time, but back in the day, there weren't defensive ends that were Mario Williams - 6-7, 300 pounds, 10 percent body fat, running a 4.7 40.”

American former professional football quarterback

Carson Hilton Palmer is an American former professional football quarterback. He played 15 seasons in the National Football League and is known for his career at USC and in the NFL. Palmer played college football for the USC Trojans and won the Heisman Trophy in 2002. He was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2003 NFL draft, a sign of the high expectations that followed him into the professional game.