As first reported by The Post this morning, Rex Ryan benched safety James Ihedigbo and linebacker Marques Murrell for throwing punches at Bills tight Derek Fine in overtime Sunday.
Ryan informed both players in a morning meeting that they wouldn’t play Sunday’s game against the Raiders in Oakland and that the plan is for neither to even make the trip.
Adding insult, both players were fined $5,000 by the league for throwing the punches.
The play in question occurred at the end of Leon Washington’s kickoff return to start overtime when Ihedigbo and Murrell both threw punches at Fine in a scrum at the end of the play when Fine’s helmet came off. It appeared on the replay that Murrell’s punch landed and Ihedigbo’s missed, but it was Ihedigbo who was penalized and ejected from the game, leaving the Jets with poor field position to start OT.
Click here to read the full article – By MARK CANNIZZARO of New York Post
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