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Enemkpali joins Bills’ second-chance club

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PITTSFORD – The Buffalo Bills signed a linebacker who punched his own quarterback in the jaw in another high-risk move under new head coach Rex Ryan.

One day after linebacker IK Enemkpali fractured the jaw of New York Jets’ Geno Smith in two places – forcing him to miss the next 6-10 weeks – he was claimed by Buffalo.

Expect the unexpected with Ryan. The coach admitted he hadn’t even talked to Enemkpali about the incident.

“IK, he made a mistake,” Ryan said, “there’s no question about that. We had IK last year, a lot of us were around IK and he was a good teammate – simple as that.