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With Geno Smith out, Jets try to move on from ugly punch

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It took just one destructive punch to rattle an entire franchise.

Geno Smith's jaw is broken, Ikemefuna Enemkpali is out of a job and the New York Jets are trying to quickly move forward from one of the most stunning — and embarrassing — moments in team history.

Coach Todd Bowles delivered the jolting news Tuesday before practice that Smith would be sidelined at least 6-10 weeks with a broken jaw after being punched by Enemkpali in the locker room before the team's morning walkthrough.

"It was something very childish," Bowles said, "and he got cold-cocked, sucker-punched — whatever you want to call it — in the jaw.