Jets Quarterback Geno Smith Has Jaw Broken By Teammate In A Locker-Room Fight
New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith will be sidelined at least six to 10 weeks with two fractures in his jaw, the result of a locker-room altercation Tuesday morning with reserve linebacker IK Enemkpali.
“It was nothing to do with football. … It was very childish,” coach Todd Bowles said. “He got cold-cocked … sucker punched, whatever you want to call it, in the jaw. He’s got a broken jaw, a fractured jaw.”
Enemkpali, a sixth-round pick in 2014, was released immediately by the team.
“The team knows it. It’s something we don’t tolerate, something we can’t stand,” Bowles said. “You don’t walk up to a man and punch him in the face.”
Smith, who was the presumptive opening-day starter, will have surgery, according to Bowles.
A clearly annoyed Bowles said Enemkpali punched Smith over “very childish” matter.
“It was something very childish, something sixth-graders could’ve talked about,” Bowles said. “It had no reason to happen. If they want to tell you what happened, they can tell you what happened. I told them I wouldn’t say anything about it.”
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