The Bengals have announced backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick will start instead of Carson Palmer. Palmer has been playing with an injured throwing elbow and he wasn’t ruled out for Sunday by coach Marvin Lewis yet. Fitzpatrick, the mobile Harvard quarterback who used to be a backup in St. Louis, started for Palmer on Sept. 28 in a 20-12 loss to the Browns. Fitzpatrick completed 21-of-35 passes for 156 yards, 1 touchdown and three interceptions. He also ran for 41 yards but lost a fumble. That’s a big break for the Jets’ secondary, which has to worry about Chad Ocho Cinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. *** For all you Jets fans out there looking for a positive sign, something cosmic that might be something that could mean this is a special season, today’s date is a day to remember. On Oct. 10, 2008 at 7:43 a.m., Eric Mangini’s wife, Julie, delivered their third son. The healthy 7-pound, 13-ounce baby’s name? Zack Brett Mangini. That’s right, the middle name comes from the quarterback, who as fate or karma or whatever you may believe in has it, turned 39 today. Mangini swears he didn’t plan this but he revealed today that he did tell Brett during the time the Jets were courting Favre that he was going to name his third-born son’s middle name after the quarterback because the middle name of his two other sons were named after other football men he enjoyed great success with. “That was locked and loaded in the negotiations,” Mangini cracked about ...
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The Bengals have announced backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick will start instead of Carson Palmer. Palmer has been playing with an injured throwing elbow and he wasn’t ruled out for Sunday by coach Marvin Lewis yet. Fitzpatrick, the mobile Harvard quarterback who used to be a backup in St. Louis, started for Palmer on Sept. 28 in a 20-12 loss to the Browns. Fitzpatrick completed 21-of-35 passes for 156 yards, 1 touchdown and three interceptions. He also ran for 41 yards but lost a fumble. That’s a big break for the Jets’ secondary, which has to worry about Chad Ocho Cinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. *** For all you Jets fans out there looking for a positive sign, something cosmic that might be something that could mean this is a special season, today’s date is a day to remember. On Oct. 10, 2008 at 7:43 a.m., Eric Mangini’s wife, Julie, delivered their third son. The healthy 7-pound, 13-ounce baby’s name? Zack Brett Mangini. That’s right, the middle name comes from the quarterback, who as fate or karma or whatever you may believe in has it, turned 39 today. Mangini swears he didn’t plan this but he revealed today that he did tell Brett during the time the Jets were courting Favre that he was going to name his third-born son’s middle name after the quarterback because the middle name of his two other sons were named after other football men he enjoyed great success with. “That was locked and loaded in the negotiations,” Mangini cracked about ...