New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith is out six to ten weeks after being "sucker punched" by a teammate. The ugly locker room incident, reportedly over $600 plane ticket, resulted in Smith suffering two fractures in his jaw and the Jets without their presumed starter.
ESPN provides some of the details sources gave to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter:
Smith, who will miss at least six to 10 weeks with two fractures in his jaw, accepted a $600 plane ticket from IK Enemkpali to appear at the reserve linebacker's football camp in Pflugerville, Texas, according to sources. Problems arose when Smith did not show to the camp, which took place days after someone close to Smith died in a motorcycle accident in Miami, sources said.
After Smith did not attend, Enemkpali demanded that the Jets quarterback refund him the $600 he allegedly used to purchase the plane ticket. Smith told Enemkpali he would reimburse him the money, but he had not as of Tuesday morning. Enkempali confronted Smith on Tuesday about the money, and the confrontation ended in a punch and a broken jaw.
Enemkpali has been released by the team, coach Todd Bowles condemning his actions as "childish" and unacceptable.
"It had nothing to do with football," said Bowles, adding. "I thought it was childish either way and it was stupid."
"He got cold-cocked ... sucker punched, whatever you want to call it, in the jaw. He's got a broken jaw, a fractured jaw," he said. "The team knows it. It's something we don't tolerate, something we can't stand."
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