In Monday night’s blowout loss to the Colts, Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson didn’t have any tackles, sacks or any other positive plays that showed up on the stat sheet at the end of the night.
He did have one 15-yard penalty for hitting Colts quarterback Andrew Luck with what officials judged to be a late hit after a scramble down the sideline. Richardson didn’t specify the fine amount, but the NFL’s schedule of fines for this season calls for $9,115 penalty for a first offense.
Richardson said, via Brian Costello of the New York Post, that he plans to appeal the fine.
Richardson played a season-low 60 percent of the team’s defensive snaps against Indianapolis. Coach Todd Bowles chalked it up to the team’s game plan rather than his play, although the game continued a fitful season for Richardson either way. He was suspended for the opener and spent the first quarter of another game on the bench after being disciplined by Bowles.
Jets right tackle Breno Giacomini also said that he received a fine from the league after being penalized for unnecessary roughness in Monday’s loss.