Raiders’ Jackson: Houshmandzadeh deal ‘wasn’t Carson’s idea’
By Zaket on November 3, 2011
This one seemed obvious: You bring in a veteran passer like Carson Palmer and — on a team with mostly young wideouts — he asks for veteran T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who enjoyed his best seasons with the quarterback in Cincinnati. But this signing wasn’t Palmer’s doing.
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