Dove commercial features Cardinals QB Carson Palmer
Jan 18, 2016, 6:31 PM
Arizona Cardinals fans know Carson Palmer as their team’s starting quarterback and the reason why they are set to play in the NFC Championship Game.
If the team is to reach Super Bowl 50, it will be Palmer who leads them there.
But the 36-year-old is more than just someone who threw for 4,671 yards and 35 touchdowns this season. Palmer is a father too, and caring for young children ranks at the top of his to-do list.
In a spot for Dove Men+Care, Palmer goes into detail about his life away from football, explaining how he and his son Fletch each rehabbed from leg injuries over this last year, which Palmer said, “was a really cool experience to go through that together and to show how much we care about each other.”
Later in the commercial Palmer talks about how important it is to spend time one-on-one time with his daughter Brie.
“Doing things as a dad you never thought you would do,” he said.
Palmer adds he’s pretty good at things like brushing hair, and “getting to spend that genuine time has been something that I really enjoy doing.”
Later in the commercial the former USC star explains how he and his family — which includes another girl, Elle — donate care packages to homeless people, making sure they can help people who are less fortunate than they are. It was an idea he said his wife came up with.
“They are so excited to help,” Palmer said of his children.
The final scene in the commercial shows Palmer in the yard throwing a football around with his kids.
“I go to work as a football player,” he says. “But I was put here on Earth to be a father.”
