 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokusarudza kwechina mukusarudzwa kwa 2011, maBengal akatora WR A. J. Green anobva kuGeorgia. Zhinjisa dzomwaka wepakati dzakashatiswa nechisungo cheligi uye chikumbiro chechimbichimbi chaCarson Palmer chokuchinjirwa kune rimwe boka. Mike Brown akaramba zvakasimba kumusunungura kana kutengesa, uye Palmer panzvimbo pezvo akazivisa hurongwa hwake hwokurega basa kubva kuNFL. Chimwe chiso chinozivikanwa chakaenda apo Chad Ochocinco akachinjirwa kuNew England muna August. Naikoku, maBengal akasarudza kudana rookie QB Andy Dalton somutambi wavo wokutanga. Musi waGumiguru 17, Palmer, uyo anga achibata kubvira Brown paakazivisa kuti akaramba kumutengesa, akachinjirwa kuOakland Raiders kune 2 yekutanga kutenderera sarudzo muna 2012uye 2013. MaBengals akapedza aine rekodhi ye9-7 uye akakodzera kutamba sembeu yechitanhatu muAFC. Vakarasikirwa ne3110 kuHouston Texans munharaunda yeWild Card. 