Geno Smith

[VeloClone]

I'm not sure how a punch thrown during an argument while someone is putting their finger in a guy's face can be characterized as a sucker punch.

http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/19329292?widget=true

 

[tm3308]

I'm not sure how a punch thrown during an argument while someone is putting their finger in a guy's face can be characterized as a sucker punch.

http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/19329292?widget=true

Depends on your definition of sucker punch. Some people use that term to describe any unannounced attack.

 

[Cypower69]

Doesn't sound like a sucker punch. Hope he said this is for Wally before he laid his a** out.

 

[VeloClone]

Depends on your definition of sucker punch. Some people use that term to describe any unannounced attack.

Yes, it depends. If you are putting your finger in someone's face during an argument you had better be ready for it to escalate in my book.

 

[Mr Janny]

Sounds like it was over a $600 plane ticket that Geno didn't want to pay for

http://deadspin.com/report-geno-smith-got-his-jaw-broken-over-a-600-plane-1723476314

 

[Mr Janny]

Depends on your definition of sucker punch. Some people use that term to describe any unannounced attack.

There also has been no confirmation that the punch came immediately after the finger in the face, only that the finger "led to" the punch. Geno could have wag his finger in the guy's face and walked away, only to be jacked shortly afterward. That would definitely be a sucker punch. The details we have don't let us know exactly what happened, but it has been described as a sucker punch by the coach.

 

[tm3308]

Yes, it depends. If you are putting your finger in someone's face during an argument you had better be ready for it to escalate in my book.

Pretty sure parents and coaches do this all the time without getting punched. You guys might not like Smith, but he is the starting quarterback and is a guy who might need to get in a teammate's face every now and then. If this guy can't handle that, he's in the wrong line of work.

 

[VeloClone]

Pretty sure parents and coaches do this all the time without getting punched. You guys might not like Smith, but he is the starting quarterback and is a guy who might need to get in a teammate's face every now and then. If this guy can't handle that, he's in the wrong line of work.

Sounds like it might be more about Smith renegging on his debts rather than about a starting QB needing to get in the face of a teammate for the good of the team.

 

[State43]

Don't know how to link from mobile but just saw on Twitter he was sucker punched in the locker room today and will be out 6-10 weeks. Wtf goes thru some pro athletes/peoples' heads?

A fist evidently

 

[jay moe]

He's lucky he didn't get bopped by Wally a couple of years ago...

Ditto this!

 

[ISU42]

A fist evidently

You're too late. Somebody already used that joke.

Apparently Ikemefuna Enemkpali's fist

 

[BoxsterCy]

Yes, it depends. If you are putting your finger in someone's face during an argument you had better be ready for it to escalate in my book.

I think the proper escalation scale rules call for you to first break or dislocate the offending finger. After that you can than punch if needed.

:smile:

 

[State43]

You're too late. Somebody already used that joke.

Drat!

 

[ISUAgronomist]

"Karma *****!"

 

[Cydar]

 

[CysRage]

Sounds like it was over a $600 plane ticket that Geno didn't want to pay for

http://deadspin.com/report-geno-smith-got-his-jaw-broken-over-a-600-plane-1723476314

Which is the equivalence of of .60 to us common folk.

 

[lakesbison]

Jets contact former NDSU QB Brock Jensen. Jets getting desperate now! *he was backup at Ottawa in CFL*

 

[stateofmind]

From wiki, it sounds like Geno picked the wrong guy to wrong: When Enemkpali was 19, he punched a police officer during a bar fight before being subdued with pepper spray and a stun gun. Enemkpali was later charged with simple battery, placed on 13 months' probation, and ordered to complete 32 hours of community service and an anger-management course.[SUP][5]
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[cyrocksmypants]

Pretty sure parents and coaches do this all the time without getting punched. You guys might not like Smith, but he is the starting quarterback and is a guy who might need to get in a teammate's face every now and then. If this guy can't handle that, he's in the wrong line of work.

I don't know, when I played, that would fly if the quarterback was balling out an offensive lineman or running back, but the offensive players don't ball out defensive players or vice versa. You let the leader of that group take care of that.

As ridiculous as that sounds, on a lot of football teams, the offense and defense don't interact a whole lot, and a defensive player isn't going to respect a quarterback a whole lot unless it's somone like a Manning, Brady or Rodgers.

 

[Cyclone1985]

Where is/was Geno's o-line? If the o-line had any respect for Geno, they would have knocked this dude out, or at least been standing 5-wide behind Geno during the argument.