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Mehta: Jets need veteran Willie Colon to be on guard duty

The nastiest S.O.B. in Florham Park has the most common sense.

He polices the bad guys and tells it like is. He is brutally honest, professional and exactly what his new head coach needs in a locker room jolted by a silly fight between two children too caught up with arrogance and machismo to comply with the basic rules of the workplace.

He is a grownup in the twilight. He is a Super Bowl champion guaranteed nothing. He is hungry and happy once again.

Willie Colon is a blend of terror and teddy bear, a ridiculously large human with a kinder, gentler side, a leader on a team that can use leaders these days.