Carson Palmer is questionable for Thursday night's preseason finale with a broken nasal bone is the coup de grace for an offseason and preseason where the Bengals just could never get their first-string set of skill people on the field together.
Still, they are all expected to play in the Sept. 7 opener in Baltimore after only being on the field together one day in June at a mandatory minicamp when Palmer, running back Rudi Johnson and wide receivers Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh gathered briefly.
The receivers never joined Palmer and Rudi Johnson at the voluntary workouts and by the time Chad Johnson was ready to practice at training camp, Houshmandzadeh and Rudi Johnson were recovering from hamstring injuries that have kept them out nearly four weeks in a stretch that should end at Monday's practice as they prepare to play in Indianapolis Thursday.
But now Chad Johnson is out with a shoulder sprain and Palmer may not go after undergoing a brief procedure to treat a small crack in his nose.
Palmer suffered the injury late in the first half while getting sacked for the third time on the night by defensive end Bobby McCray and safety Kevin Kaesviharn during the Saints' 13-0 victory at Paul Brown Stadium Saturday night.
"Carson is feeling fine," said head coach Marvin Lewis in a news release that characterized the procedure as taking less than 10 minutes.
"He suffered a small crack in one of the nose bones. The bone was gently put back into place under local anesthetic." ng
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