Geno Smith gets broken jaw, Jets get QB vacancy

“I’m extremely [angry],” Smith, who is still recovering from a fractured jaw he suffered after being sucker punched, told Newsday. “But I have to keep my temper down. I can’t exhibit that in the locker room, I can’t exhibit that on a daily basis. I just feel for my family more because they enjoy seeing me out there.”

“I don’t regret anything,” he added, via NJ.com. “I don’t think I did anything wrong. You can’t go back in time.”

Based on New Jersey statutes Smith could press charges against Enemkpali if he so desired. As outlined in detail here, an individual in the state of New Jersey is guilty of “simple assault” if there is an “attempt to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another” individual. That would seemingly apply to Enemkpali.

However, if charges were filed against Enemkpali and he was found guilty, his punishment would be a light fine, between $500 and $1,000. Enemkpali could also beat the case by proving that Smith provoked him.

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Wide receiver Brandon Marshall expressed sympathy for Smith Monday, and said the embattled quarterback isn’t to blame for the incident, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.

“I’m very disappointed. I feel bad for the kid, because he was doing really good. But we have to move forward if we want to win. Geno knows that,” Marshall said.

Eye black? Check.

Despite having the start of his season ruined by now ex-teammate IK Enemkpali, it looks like he must be feeling OK because he was quick to lose his shirt and enjoy a game of catch with a friend outside his New Jersey apartment complex.

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I’m not a doctor, but maybe one of you armchair physicins out there can remind me of the part of the song that says “the jawbones connected to the- arm bone.”

As with Incognito, the Bills reportedly gave Enemkpali a chance to tell his side of the story about what happened with Smith. Ryan apparently came away from conversations confident that Enemkpali would bounce back, though he has yet to talk to the defensive end.

What’s known at the moment is that Enemkpali allegedly bought Smith plane tickets to fly to his football camp, and Smith never paid Enemkpali back after having to pull out because a person close to him died. Smith reportedly agreed to reimburse Enemkpali but never did, which led to the heated moments after Jets practice Tuesday when Smith allegedly put his finger in Enemkpali’s face and Enemkpali punched him.

This isn’t taken out of context or captured in a momentary lapse in judgement. Willie McGinest actually suggested the Jets should have signed IK Enemkpali to a contract EXTENSION for punching Geno Smith in the face. Here is the full quote -- bask in its stupidity.

Face, meet palm.

One punch changed a season for Geno Smith, Ikemefuna Enemkpali and the New York Jets. One sucker punch, the Jets said.

“I was really shocked to hear about it, because Ike was a quiet guy, a hard-working guy who hardly said much,” said Michael Vick, a Jets quarterback last season who is a free agent now training in Davie, Fla., hoping for his next NFL shot.

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According to the report, Enemkpali purchased Smith a $600 plane ticket to attend his football camp in July. Smith, however, did not end up attending after a person close to him was killed in a motorcycle accident. Enemkpali reportedly asked Smith to pay for the unused plane ticket, which Smith agreed to do. Only that never happened and the two got into a dispute in the locker room about it on Tuesday.

While complete details of the incident are still unknown, it ended with Enemkpali punching Smith and breaking his jaw. Smith will now require surgery and could miss up to 10 weeks. The Jets released Enemkpali following the incident. He was scheduled to earn a base salary of $510,000 in 2015, according to Over the Cap.

Geno Smith will miss 6-10 weeks after getting sucker punched in the jaw by defensive end IK Enemkpali in the New York Jets locker room, according to Seth Walder of the New York Daily News. Smith reportedly has a broken jaw and will require surgery. Enemkpali has reportedly been released.

Head coach Todd Bowles said that Smith got “cold cocked”:

Geno Smith is out for 6-10 weeks following a sucker punch from teammate IK Enemkpali. Well, former teammate -- because the Jets cut him ASAP. It’s the next in a long line of misfortunes for the maligned quarterback. Naturally the Internet looked to uncover every angle of this.

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