Preparing to face the Patriots on Sunday, Palmer was asked how he believes Tom Brady had been treated by the NFL.
“I tried not to follow it just because it was everywhere, for so long, but I go back and you follow what the rule book says and you go about your business and your work and you know, if they tell you not to do it and you get busted and what happens happens, then you suffer the consequences,” Palmer said.
“You know, 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, you know, I don’t know if you can feel too strongly one way or another.”
Does that mean Palmer thinks Brady or the team committed malfeasance?
“I don’t know,” the 12-year NFL veteran said. “To be honest, supposedly the balls went somewhere where they weren’t supposed to go there, there was humidity, or not enough humidity or altitude or 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.
“You know, whatever the league comes down upon and whatever ruling they make is what they make. You don’t have much of a decision after that and you can fight it for a little bit but after a while you’ve just got to abide by what they say.”