10/10 — This just in, a story written by Geoff Hobson that went up on Bengals.com at 1:25 p.m.:

Head coach Marvin Lewis said after practice Friday that backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick will start Sunday in New Jersey against the Jets in place of Carson Palmer as he continues to battle a throwing elbow injury.

Lewis indicated Palmer's injury is not a season-ending condition, but the club wants to try getting him some rest so it doesn't become a week-to-week situation. Lewis didn't rule out Palmer as a backup for Sunday and wouldn't say if he will be the No. 2 or No. 3 quarterback.

"We're trying to get it not a week-to-week thing," Lewis said. "We want to get the thing calmed down so it doesn't give him any irritation or problems at all."

The first clue that this Friday might be different than last Friday came when Palmer didn't emerge from the training room until almost all of his teammates were on the field for the beginning of practice.

Then instead of heading that way, he veered to what looked to be the weight room with rehab director Nick Cosgray, and he didn't appear on the field until after stretching and during the specialists set.

Palmer was dressed, but without his helmet and wasn't throwing. He had what looked to be ice wrapped around his bothersome throwing elbow while Fitzpatrick threw routes to the tight ends and wide receivers.

Because of the timing of the announcement, coach Eric Mangini wasn't asked about the Bengals' QB switch at his afternoon news conference. But cornerback Darrelle Revis, asked about the change, said today, "It's surprising. We didn't expeect  that. We've seen him on film. He throws a good ball."

For more comments from Revis, read Eric Allen's advance of the Jets-Bengals game, which will be up on newyorkjets.com first thing Sunday morning.