NY Jets QB Geno Smith is out for 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw after a sucker punch from defensive player IK Enemkpalis. Enemkpalis was released today following the incident. [lead image via Getty Sports/Al Bello]
This is just one day after the big fight between Cam Newton and his defensive player. Crazy before we almost never see QBs involved in the preseason arguments.
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Putting your finger in the face of a 6’2″ 250 lb man is kind of a dangerous game to play, no?
Head Coach Todd Bowles had this to say after announcing the injury.
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IK Enemkpalis, drafted out of Louisiana Tech, has a history of violence. He once was arrested for battery of a police officer. He then later said this about the arrest:
“I was just being a young. [It was] a young, hot-headed decision. I didn’t think about everything. If I knew what I know now, I would’ve gotten myself out of that situation. I lost my cool. That’s what it was. I didn’t know he was undercover, which is no excuse, but . . . Yeah, I lost my cool.”
Geno Smith just posted this photo to Instagram. He’s neither smiling nor grimacing because his jaw is broken.
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We didn’t even have to wait until the first Jets preseason game to see a fight!
