FOXBOROUGH — All the way on the other side of the country, nearly 3,000 miles from Gillette Stadium, Carson Palmer stoked a Deflategate flame during a news conference Wednesday.

Preparing to face the Patriots on Sunday, Palmer was asked how he believes Tom Brady had been treated by the NFL.

“I tried not to follow it just because it was everywhere, for so long, but I go back and you follow what the rule book says and you go about your business and your work and you know, if they tell you not to do it and you get busted and what happens happens, then you suffer the consequences,’’ Palmer said.

“You know, I’m sure you guys [in New England] look at it a lot differently, but I know a lot of players around the league just looking at it, you know, I don’t know if you can feel too strongly one way or another.’’

Does that mean Palmer thinks Brady or the team committed malfeasance?

“I don’t know,’’ the 12-year NFL veteran said. “To be honest, supposedly the balls went somewhere where they weren’t supposed to go there, there was humidity, or not enough humidity or altitude or whatever it was, I don’t know. I didn’t follow the story. As soon as it came on I just turned it off because I was so sick of hearing about it.

“You know, whatever the league comes down upon and whatever ruling they make is what they make. You don’t have much of a decision after that and you can fight it for a little bit but after a while you’ve just got to abide by what they say.’’

Here we go again. Palmer probably hasn’t spent much time in New England in the last 18 months if he doesn’t think it’s possible to feel “too strongly’’ about the situation.

Meanwhile, Palmer’s advice to Patriots starter Jimmy Garoppolo is to play to his strengths and take what the defense gives him and not “try to do anything heroic or spectacular or throw a ball that Brady would have thrown here or there.’’

Palmer’s thoughts on how he’s put together a long NFL career, however, illustrate the challenge Garoppolo faces going up against one of the most experienced signal-callers in the game.

“It’s just one of those positions within a sport where it’s not about fast-twitch muscles and speed and strength and arm strength,’’ Palmer said. “Really it’s about how quickly your mind works and your mind can slow down and work faster when it’s seen something 10,000 times like I’ve seen certain route concepts or certain defenses.’’

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians knows the position the Patriots are in. He was the Steelers’ offensive coordinator in 2010 when Ben Roethlisberger was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy (Roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault). The Steelers were forced to start third-year backup Dennis Dixon because backup Byron Leftwich was injured during the preseason.

“It was more of a game-management situation,’’ Arians said. “We had a great defense and a good kicking game. We scratched some points out offensively and we win a game in overtime and then he gets hurt. Byron Leftwich had already broken his leg and then Charlie Batch came in and we were fortunate to have another veteran. Charlie led us to a couple wins. We ended up going 3-1, I think, and then Ben came back and was ready to roll.’’

Roethlisberger was asked Wednesday about what advice he’d give Brady on dealing with the suspension, but he told ESPN Brady “doesn’t need any advice from anybody.’’

“Tom’s the greatest in the world, and I mean that,’’ Roethlisberger said.

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