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2B Daily News – Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Palmer calls debut learning experience SHARKS ALAMEDA (AP) — As bad as Carson Palmer's three-interception debut with the Oakland Raiders looked, he views it as a valuable teach- ing tool. Palmer took the field Tuesday for his first practice since that debacle to start what promises to be a learning- intensive bye week. Palmer had just three practices with the Raiders before making his debut in Sunday's 28-0 loss to Kansas City. So the task this week will be to learn the offense, build a rapport on and off the field with his receivers and get back into football shape after more than nine months away from the game. ''This bye week may be the most valuable to me of anybody in the league, other than a guy who is really hurt or nursing a serious injury,'' Palmer said. That's because Palmer arrived in Oakland just a week ago after spend- ing training camp and the first six weeks of the season in retirement at home in Southern California. That ended when Jason Campbell broke his collarbone and the Raiders traded a 2012 first-round pick and a condition- al second-rounder in 2013 to Cincin- nati for Palmer. Palmer got about 20 percent of the first-team snaps during the week before being sent in to replace Kyle Boller in the third quarter against the SANTA CLARA (AP) — Donte Whitner figures he fielded 20 questions last week from family and friends about Jim Har- baugh's antics. Vernon Davis went home to Wash- ington, D.C., and got grilled by his buddies for any and all details on San Francis- co's fired-up head coach. Same for Ricky Jean Fran- cois during a visit to South Florida. The Handshake is still a big hit a week later. Across the nation, no less. ''It's still a hot topic, especially when they show it so many times on ESPN and all these places,'' Whitner said Tuesday. Chiefs with the Raiders trailing 21-0. Palmer completed his first pass in more than nine months but there was- n't much positive. He finished 8 of 21 for 116 yards and threw three interceptions, includ- ing one that Brandon Flowers returned for a touchdown. Palmer finished with his third-worst completion percentage, tied for his second-most interceptions and his 17.3 passer rating was the sec- ond lowest of his career. ''It was kind of like a preseason game just to get my feet wet, call a play in the huddle, throw a ball in live action and make errors and make mistakes,'' he said. ''It's much easier to learn from a mistake or an error than it is to learn from doing it right. ... It's always a neg- ative thing to lose and lose the way we did. But I think there's a lot more good than people outside this building would recognize that we'll learn from and improve on and move on from.'' The to-do list for Palmer is exten- sive, starting with learning protections and terminology, calling plays in the huddle, working on snap counts, read- ing defenses, changing plays and get- ting a feel for the skill position players. When all of that is done, Palmer can start preparing for the next game against Denver on Nov. 6, which the Raiders hope will be a much more suc- cessful day than his debut was. ''I put him in a very tough situation, Davis assured his crew that Harbaugh isn't ''crazy,'' just downright spirited. Whitner, who traveled to his native Cleveland and Miami last week, eventually came up with a standard response. ''You think you know everything but I actually did- n't see it until I watched TV,'' Whitner said. ''After hearing about it and talking to different people about it you figure out what went on. I don't really see it as a big deal, but everybody else sees it as a big deal, so my entire family and everybody wants to know. I probably had to answer that question 20 times. So then I'd just get to but it was a situation he was willing to go in and compete in,'' coach Hue Jackson said. ''I understood what the situation was. I knew that those things could happen. I knew it could go real- ly well. I knew it could go really bad, and obviously it went the latter. We don't want that to happen again. That's why we're out here practicing like we're practicing. We're going to get ourselves ready to play big-time foot- ball the way we know how to play.'' The Raiders will practice once again on Wednesday before taking four days off as mandated by the col- lective bargaining agreement. While coaches can't be involved, it does not mean a vacation for the players. Palmer and the skill position play- ers are planning to stay in town all weekend. Palmer is planning throwing drills with his receivers, as well as film study to make up for all that lost time. Palmer said he appreciates the com- mitment from his teammates, who are giving up a few off days for this process. ''These guys are hungry and know that there's a big difference between good and great and these guys want to be great,'' Palmer said. ''They know it's not easy and takes a lot of hard work and it just shows a tremendous amount of respect for the game and hunger to get better and hunger to be good.'' 49ers players still talk handshake during bye week the point where I'd tell them it was a misunderstanding.'' Harbaugh's NFC West- leading 49ers (5-1) returned to practice and work Tues- day in preparation for Sun- day's home game against the Cleveland Browns. Many were still talking about Harbaugh's infamous firm handshake and back- slap with Jim Schwartz that infuriated the Lions coach. The men had to be separated as they left the field follow- ing the 49ers' 25-19 come- back victory Oct. 16 at Ford Field. Nobody denies that the hype around this fran- chise largely stems from the man in charge, the former NFL quarterback who is finding immediate success in his first season as a pro- fessional head coach. ''The first thing they said to me, 'Your coach is crazy,''' Davis recalled of conversations with his pals. ''I was like: 'Harbaugh, no he's not crazy, he's a great guy. He just has a lot of ener- gy.' They also talked about our record, how we're 5-1, 'You're all rollin', you're rollin.' I'm like, 'Yeah, but I'm not worried about that, I'm not thinking about that.' I can't think about 5-1. We still have 10 more games to finish. Once we finish that, then I'll get excited.'' (Continued from page 1B) ing margin. With the Predators on a power play, Martin Havlat carried the puck down the right side and cut to the mid- dle. His shot from the high slot was turned aside by Rinne, but Couture collected the rebound and flipped it high over Rinne's stick for his second goal of the sea- son. After being held without a goal in his first five games this season, last season's run- ner-up for the Calder Trophy has goals in back-to-back contests. Havlat missed San Jose's first four games of the season with an upper-body injury, but has posted one assist in each of his first three games as a Shark. The Sharks held that lead until Smith tied the game at 13:12 of the third with a power-play goal. In the right faceoff circle, Smith corralled the rebound of Shea Weber's shot from the slot and slipped a back- hand low to the stick side of screened San Jose goal- tender Antti Niemi. San Jose had an 36-20 shot advantage in the game. Nashville has been outshot by their opponent in each of their eight games this season. Despite the loss, Nashville did welcome back two injured players to their lineup Tuesday. Center Mike Fisher returned from offsea- son shoulder surgery to play his first game of the 2011-12 campaign. Defenseman Francis Bouillon played his first game since sustaining a concussion January 16th. Notes: Rinne has started MLS Playoffs Wild Card Round Today:New York at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Thursday: Columbus at Colorado, 7 p.m. each of Nashville's eight games this season....Fisher collected an assist on Nashville's lone goal Couture has points in three straight games. ... Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton assisted on Pavelski's goal. Thornton has points in four straight games. 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