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Later, at the end of the morning media locker room session, equipment manager John Hatfield handed DeSean Jackson one of those ominous FedEx envelopes, the ones that indicate league fines. Jackson quickly took out the letter, scanned it, and said to Hatfield: "I didn't strike nobody in the head."
It would be nice to tell you exactly what this was about, and the amount of the fine, but an Eagles spokesman shooed the few remaining reporters out of the locker room before Jackson could answer any questions.
Updating: after practice: Jackson asked reporters "What fine?" when he was questioned. Adding to the confusion was that some of the questioners seemed to think Jackson had been fined for a celebration, which given what he said to Hatfield, would not seem to have been the case. So several times he denied being fined for celebrating. Then he denied being fined at all.
There were a lot of feisty moments in Sunday night's Giants game. It's hard to recall Jackson initiating any contact; he did flop to the turf after jawing with corner/safety Aaron Ross, and getting bumped in the facemask as Ross leaned into him. Would this somehow translate into a fine for Jackson? We'll check with the league, which often doesn't get into confirming fines until the end of the week.
Hatfield had another envelope under his arm, for defensive end Trent Cole, who twice punched Giants offensive lineman Shaun O'Hara in a closing-moments scrum.
"I embarrassed myself and my team," said Cole, who would not disclose the amount of the fine.
It would be nice to tell you exactly what this was about, and the amount of the fine, but an Eagles spokesman shooed the few remaining reporters out of the locker room before Jackson could answer any questions.
Updating: after practice: Jackson asked reporters "What fine?" when he was questioned. Adding to the confusion was that some of the questioners seemed to think Jackson had been fined for a celebration, which given what he said to Hatfield, would not seem to have been the case. So several times he denied being fined for celebrating. Then he denied being fined at all.
There were a lot of feisty moments in Sunday night's Giants game. It's hard to recall Jackson initiating any contact; he did flop to the turf after jawing with corner/safety Aaron Ross, and getting bumped in the facemask as Ross leaned into him. Would this somehow translate into a fine for Jackson? We'll check with the league, which often doesn't get into confirming fines until the end of the week.
Hatfield had another envelope under his arm, for defensive end Trent Cole, who twice punched Giants offensive lineman Shaun O'Hara in a closing-moments scrum.
"I embarrassed myself and my team," said Cole, who would not disclose the amount of the fine.
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