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Ex-Jet Woody: Lack of respect for Geno may have led to punch

In 12 seasons in the NFL including three with the Jets, Damien Woody says he never saw anything like what transpired in Gang Green’s locker room on Tuesday. Arguments? Sure. Situations where parties in conflict had to be told to cool it? Absolutely. But violence in the locker room?

“Never. That’s crazy,” Woody said. “It makes you wonder about how something like that could ever happen.”

SOURCE: GENO SMITH 'DESERVED' LOCKER ROOM PUNCH

Woody would never absolve IK Enemkpali of responsibility for what happened – he did throw the punch that broke Smith’s jaw, sidelining him for 6-10 weeks, over a matter of $600 – but he wonders what in the Jets locker room culture would make a player feel that was an option.