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How Does Carson Palmer's Career Stack Up?

Palmer is calling it quits after 15 years in the NFL. Where does he rank among the top quarterbacks in recent seasons?

“You just know.”

Sometimes the most difficult decisions in the world come down to a gut feeling. You spend so much time debating what you’ll do when you get to a situation, how you’ll know that you’re in that situation when you’re there. When the time to make a decision finally comes, there’s no logic, no drawn-out thought process, and no pros-and-cons list: you just know.

That’s exactly the rationale quarterback Carson Palmer gave this Tuesday when he announced his retirement: he just knew.