The Jets failed to place
Favre, now with the Minnesota Vikings, on the injury report during the
final month of last season even though he had a torn biceps tendon.

The
league announced it had fined the Jets $75,000, and Mangini and Jets
general manager Mike Tannenbaum $25,000 apiece. Mangini now coaches the
Cleveland Browns.

“We have been fully cooperative with the league
throughout this investigation and respect their decision,” the Jets
said in a statement. Mangini was not immediately available for comment
on his fine.

Hiding injuries could affect an opponent’s
preparation and the NFL has stepped up policing such practices.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the case would be an
opportunity for the league to stress that all teams must abide by the
injury report rules.

Last week, Tannenbaum admitted the Jets
should have listed Favre as “probable” on their injury reports. That
came a day after Favre said he thought he was hurting the Jets because
of the injury and discussed it with the coaches and the front office.
He said he would have been willing to sit out, even though that would
have ended his streak of consecutive starts, which now stands at 270
games.

Tannenbaum said the team didn’t list Favre on the report
because the injury wasn’t severe enough to require daily treatment and
there was never any doubt Favre would play. Tannenbaum also assumed
full responsibility for the mistake.

Mangini said he has always abided by the league’s guidelines for injury reports.

“That
was true there (in New York). It’s true here,” Mangini said. “It’ll be
true every week of the season and that’s how we approach it.”

Favre
led the Jets to an 8-3 start and first place in the AFC East. But he
threw nine interceptions down the stretch and the team lost four of its
last five, missing the playoffs.

He retired after the season, and
was later released by the Jets. Favre came out of retirement — for the
second time — last month and signed with Minnesota.

Favre told
reporters last week he may not be able to play all 16 games with the
Vikings, even after the biceps tendon was surgically repaired. He said
he’s playing with a torn rotator cuff and suggested he might have a
cracked rib.

Favre completed 14 of 21 passes for 110 yards and a
touchdown in the Vikings’ season-opening 34-20 win over Mangini’s
Browns on Sunday.

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AP Sports Writers Dave Campbell in Eden Prairie, Minn., and Tom Withers in Berea, Ohio, contributed to this report.