Carson Palmer hopes Jared Goff learns from mistakes

Carson Palmer hopes Jared Goff learns from mistakes

Alden Gonzalez
ESPN Staff Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Few people on this planet relate to Jared Goff the way Carson Palmer does.

The hype, the wait, the struggle -- Palmer experienced all of that more than a decade ago.

Palmer was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals after a Heisman Trophy-winning season at USC, but sat behind Jon Kitna for his entire rookie season in 2003. When he finally got under center, Palmer played poorly through his first six games, completing 55 percent of his passes while throwing five touchdowns to nine interceptions and winning only twice.

It isn't much worse than Goff, who sat behind Case Keenum for the first nine games and has struggles over his last six, completing 53.5 percent of his passes, throwing five touchdowns to seven interceptions and failing to capture a single win.

Goff is experiencing this at 22; Palmer was 24.

"When you go through struggles early and bad things happen early, I think it's so important to learn from them and not bury them away and be disappointed by them," said Palmer, whose Arizona Cardinals conclude their season against Goff's Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. "Not that you're going to be happy with not having success, but use them as learning experiences. Bad throws, bad reads, bad choices. Whatever it is that comes up -- losses, struggling on third down in the red zone -- all of those things are so important to learn from and improve from."

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