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Jets’ Colon upset with $35K fine for bumping official

The Jets received another FedEx envelope from the NFL on Thursday with guard Willie Colon getting fined for making contact with an official in last week’s game with the Patriots.

Colon was fined $35,000, according to a source, for twice bumping an official during the brawl at the end of the game. Colon said he will appeal the fine.

“It’s way more than I expected,” Colon said. “So, all I can do is appeal it. Hopefully, I’ll get some justice.”

Interestingly, center Nick Mangold has not received any notice from the NFL that he has been fined. It was Mangold’s tackle of Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib out of bounds that sparked the scuffle between the two teams.

“I don’t think I did anything wrong,” Mangold said. “I’m not pulling a fast one on anyone, but there is cautious optimism at the moment, pocketbook-wise.”

Tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson was fined on Wednesday in the amount of $15,750, according to a source.

Colon said he was just trying to defend his teammates and never even saw the officials he shoved away when they tried to stop him.

“That’s the only reason I ran over there,” he said. “I saw Nick and Brick in a scuffle. I saw a wave of Patriots. It was my initial reaction to go help them out, help my brothers. I’m always going to play like that. Obviously, it’s costing me a lot of money to play like that. But we’ve got to stand for something.”