In the 23-7 loss to Pittsburgh, the defense allowed a mere three field goals. But it was Palmer who played the role of Santa Claus for the Steelers as he gift-wrapped two pick-sixes for yet another awful performance.

The rapid decline of Palmer is alarming, and it makes you wonder if there is some sort of undisclosed problem the media doesn't know about.

With the eminent departure of Marvin Lewis and many of the key parts of the offense playing their final three games in orange and black, the time is now to include Palmer in that group.

Let's take a look a why the Bengals desperately need to say goodbye to their QB of the past seven mostly mediocre seasons.

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