Geno Smith had it coming.
That is the sentiment by ESPN analyst Cris Carter after reports of the New York Jets quarterback suffering a broken jaw from a teammate's sucker punch in the locker room.
The Jets cut backup linebacker IK Enemkpali for causing two fractures in Smith's jaw. Jets coach Todd Bowles said the altercation started over what seemed to be a trivial matter.
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But Carter took to Twitter to challenge Smith's leadership for allowing the incident to take place.
"It's a lack of leadership on Geno Smith's part that he would put himself in harms way to get sucker punched" Cris Carter on @SportsCenter— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) August 11, 2015
"There might actually be an argument here that Geno was punched because Jets teammate IK Enemkpali didn't respect him," CBS Sports reported. "You wouldn't see this happening to Peyton Manning or Tom Brady.
"Or maybe it's just absurd to say that a man got unexpectedly punched in the face by another man because he has no leadership. The last approach to this situation makes more sense, honestly. Geno wasn't punched because he lacks authority in the locker room."
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CBS Sports also posted Enemkpali's draft profile on NFL.com that said, among other things:
"Flashes shock and violence in his punch."
Jets coach Todd Bowles didn't say what the altercation was about, only that it was not worth the grief it caused.
"It was nothing to do with football. ... It was very childish," Bowles said. "(Smith) got cold-cocked ... sucker-punched, whatever you want to call it, in the jaw. He's got a broken jaw, a fractured jaw. ...
"It was something very childish, something sixth-graders could've talked about. 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."
CBS Sports added a tweet from Gil Brandt about Dallas Cowboys backup Clint Longley sucker-punching quarterback Roger Staubach. The team traded Longley for the No. 2 pick in the 1977 NFL draft and ended up taking running back Tony Dorsett.
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