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Carson Palmer recovering from Knee Surgery.

When the Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback Carson Palmer arrives at training camp next week it will feel rather strange with the Knee Surgey on his leg

“It’s kind of eerie,” Palmer says of the cadaver ligament that was used to reconstruct his knee after a brutal hit in last January’s playoff game against Pittsburgh. “It freaks you out a little bit.”
Even freakier is the number of elite NFL quarterbacks who will be eyed closely at training camps this summer as they try to prove they have overcome career-threatening injuries.
Besides Palmer, the Eagles’ Donovan McNabb, the Dolphins’ Daunte Culpepper and the Saints’ Drew Brees - all recent Pro Bowl selections - have had major surgery in the last eight months.
With several others also on the mend, the 2005 season’s carnage at the NFL’s marquee position ranks as the worst that physical therapist Kevin Wilk has seen in 22 years of working with quarterbacks.
“Not only the number of injuries, but the magnitude of them. These poor guys have targets on their back,” Wilk said.
Also recovering from major surgery is Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl-winning QB Ben Roethlisberger, who had five protective plates implanted in his face after his helmetless motorcycle crash in June.
In New York, Jets fans are waiting to judge the condition of Chad Pennington’s throwing shoulder. The Chicago Bears’ Rex Grossman also has missed almost all of the last two seasons with a torn knee ligament and a fractured ankle.
The list continues with the Jaguars’ Byron Leftwich (broken ankle) and the Rams’ Marc Bulger (sore shoulder) missing the stretch run last season.
The Cardinals’ Kurt Warner, 35, missed six games and closed the season on injured reserve with a knee injury. And Steve McNair, 33, entering his first season with the Ravens, has had a litany of dings and dents in the last three years.

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