The Bengals roster features four Trojans, and one -- All-Pro quarterback Carson Palmer -- is continuing to rise up as a team leader during this difficult time. Thanks to RipsIt reader Bob Brown for passing this snippet along from this AP article:
When they learned of [Chris] Henry's death, quarterback Carson Palmer called the players together and suggested they dedicate the rest of the season to the receiver and Vikki Zimmer.
"Carson spoke about one thing ... that Chris was a great competitor,'' said defensive tackle Domata Peko, who often had Henry and his family over to his house. "What he would want us to do is go out and win, not be sad. You're going to go through these times and be sad, but to pull together and dedicate the rest of the season to Chris and coach Zimmer's wife.''
Read more about how the tragedy is affecting the team in this story from the Associated Press.
