Geno Smith Out 6 to 10 Weeks With Broken Jaw After Being Sucker-Punched by Jets Teammate (UPDATE)

Geno Smith out 6-10 weeks with broken jaw after being sucker-punched by Jets teammate.

Aug 11, 2015
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UPDATE (8/11/15): ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that IK Enemkpali punched Geno Smith because of a $600 debt that Smith owed to him. Schefter just posted this to Facebook:

IK Enemkpali issues statement through his representatives. pic.twitter.com/i8KQ2L7l1r

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 11, 2015

Geno Smith was sucker-punched in the locker room by a teammate this morning, and suffered a broken jaw that will keep him out of action for the next 6-10 weeks. Jets head coach Todd Bowles confirmed the news to reporters.

Linebacker IK Enempkapali was the man who did the damage, and the team immediately released him.

Todd Bowles: "You don't walk up to another man and punch him in the face."

— Ben Shpigel (@benshpigel) August 11, 2015

What provoked the altercation? Bowles: "It was something very childish that 6th graders could have talked about."

— Ben Shpigel (@benshpigel) August 11, 2015

Todd Bowles said the argument was not football related. #nyj

— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) August 11, 2015

Ryan Fitzpatrick is next up on the depth chart at the quarterback position, which evidently isn't all that appealing to at least one of the team's wide receivers. 

😥

— BEAST (@BMarshall) August 11, 2015

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