Carson Palmer: Answer To Radiers Struggles?

The Cincinatti Bengals finally shed their angry franchise player, Carson Palmer.  Palmer was retired and finally traded to the Oakland Radiers today for a first round pick in this year's draft and a conditional first round pick two years from now.  Is this the player the Radiers have been missing?  They haven't had a true quality quarterback since Rich Gannon took them to the super bowl almost a decade ago.  They had the widely publicized bust of quarterback JaMarcus Russell out of LSU (first overall pick).  I believe Palmer will undoubtedly help the team.  But is he what he used to be before the Steelers tore his ACL the first play of the game during the playoffs a few years back?  On that play he threw a 60 yard bomb for a huge opening play of the game by the way.  I don't view Palmer as the elite quarterback he once was, yet he is still dependable.  I'm just not sure he is two first round picks dependable.