At least publicly, the new Jets boss remains in Geno Smith’s corner.
A week after Smith had his jaw broken in a locker-room incident with since cut linebacker IK Enemkpali, general manager Mike Maccagnan met the media for the first time, and said he remains confident in Smith’s ability and maturity level to lead his team.
“It’s an unfortunate incident,” Maccagnan said of the fiasco in which Enemkpali slugged Smith in the locker room in part because Smith didn’t pay him $600 he owed for not showing up to his offseason football camp after Smith reportedly stuck his finger in his face.