From Geoff Hobson of CincinnatiBengals.com:

Marvin Lewis said Monday that he doesn't anticipate Carson Palmer practicing this week and that Ryan Fitzpatrick is to make his sixth start of the season this Sunday against the Eagles at Paul Brown Stadium.

Palmer, who didn't talk to the media Monday, said last week he was going to meet with more doctors when he went home to Los Angeles for the bye week to have his inflamed throwing elbow examined.

Also Monday, left guard Andrew Whitworth reiterated his disgust at the NFL for giving him the same $10,000 fine it gave Jaguars defensive tackle John Henderson on Friday for fighting and he had plenty of support in the locker room. Whitworth had to punch his way out of Henderson's attack, which consisted of Henderson coming up behind the helmet-less Whitworth as he tried to gouge his eyes out.

"I do not agree with fininig a guy the same amount than the guy that started the incident," said wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, whose 23-yard catch on third down was wiped out on the play. "They know that's not fair. And the people that are looking at the stuff, it's like, what are they doing? They get paid to do certain jobs and it's like, what are they looking at? You can't fine two guys the same amount when one guy instigated the whole thing. It's not fair and they know it's not fair.

"If Whit just stands there, Whit's probably not playing the rest of the year, so that's not fair."

Nine other Bengals were reportedly fined a lesser amount for being in the fighting area. But four guys who helped break it up, left tackle Levi Jones, tight end Reggie Kelly, center Eric Ghiaciuc, and right tackle Stacy Andrews said Monday before practice they have heard no such thing yet from the league.

"It could have been guys coming off the sideline. I don't know who got fined or what," Houshmadzadeh said. "I didn't get fined. Unless I got fined and didn't know it."

On Friday Whitworth's agent told Bengals.com he would appeal the fine and Whitworth said he was "embarrassed for the league." On Monday, Whitworth didn't back off.

"It's not so much gouging, but blatantly attacking me from behind without a helmet, without any restraint. He was definitely going to cause physical harm and he gets $10,000. I dont know what their protection of him is," Whitworth said. "I don't think there is anyone in the NFL office that could call me on the phone and explain one thing to justify that. It doesn't make any sense. Not at all."

Also Monday, Houshmandzadeh noted the fine play of former Bengals cornerback Keiwan Ratliff, who had an interception in the Colts' victory in Pittsburgh, when asked what impresed him most about the bye Sunday.

It was a good day for former Bengals DBs drafted in the second round in 2004. Safety Madieu Williams, playing in the slot for the Vikings because of an injury, made a big tackle on Packers wide receiver Donald Driver on Green Bay's last play that forced a missed 52-yard field goal in Minnesota's 28-27 victory.