Carroll: Russell Wilson has MCL sprain, but “feeling great”

Jets' Fitzpatrick has 'hard day' coming to work after six INTs

Ryan Fitzpatrick tried to quickly move on from one of the ugliest performances of his career. Throwing six interceptions certainly stings. It still did a day after a 24-3 loss at Kansas City. "It's a hard day for me to come in today after, pretty much, we lost that game because of my performance," Fitzpatrick said Monday. "We don't really need to pin it or try to put it on anything else. I think that was pretty evident. To walk in today and have to face the guys, it's not an easy thing to do, but at the same time, I've got to be the same guy every day as a leader, as a player, and just come in." The veteran quarterback was one of a very few players in the locker room during media availability. He shouldered the blame for the defeat, as he did after the game, but also insisted he wasn't going to dwell on it anymore. Not when the Jets have a matchup at home with Seattle to prepare for. "I think they're all easy to get over when you have a game the next week coming up," he said. "But it was so bad, and there were so many poor things on my part that happened in that game that you want to put it behind you as fast as you can." Fitzpatrick finished 20 of 44 for 188 yards and tied a franchise record — shared by Joe Namath, who did it three times — with his six-pack of interceptions. One of the picks was returned for a touchdown, and he had three red-zone throws intercepted in a span of five passes. "I had the two forced balls in the red area, and that can't happen," Fitzpatrick said. "But we did some good things up front that maybe were overshadowed by all the turnovers. But obviously the lesson from that game is you can't turn the ball over, especially that many times, and expect to win games in the NFL." As of Monday afternoon, Pete Carroll's expectation was that Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson will be the starter on Sunday when the Seahawks face the New York Jets despite a sprained MCL in his left knee. Of course, that's subject to change. “What he has, a lot of guys play with,” Carroll said on Monday afternoon. “This is something that our trainers have been through a number of times and know this is really possible that he'll be fine. For the second time in three weeks, Wilson's health was the primary topic the day after a Seahawks victory. This time it was a 37-18 rout of San Francisco marred by a knee injury Wilson suffered in the third quarter when he was pulled down awkwardly by Eli Harold on a sack. Wilson stayed down on the field for a few moments after the injury before walking off and missed the first play of his career because of an injury. He returned almost immediately — and without perhaps the approval of his coaches — to throw one more pass and was pulled on Seattle's next series in favor of backup Trevone Boykin. An MRI on Sunday night confirmed the diagnosis of a knee sprain, and Carroll declined to specify the severity. It's the second leg injury suffered by Wilson in three weeks after spraining his right ankle in the opener against Miami. Carroll repeatedly said all indications are that Wilson will be able to play against the Jets, but his status likely won't be determined until the team sees how he recovers from Wednesday's practice.

Bell eager to get back to work as three-game suspension ends

Le'Veon Bell stood at his locker, his face covered in sweat and his eagerness to kickstart his stalled NFL career palpable. His three-game suspension for a second violation of the league's substance abuse policy over, the Pittsburgh Steelers running back is ready to get back to work, particularly after spending Sunday afternoon watching his teammates get clobbered across the state in Philadelphia. “It sucked,” Bell said.