Less than a week after Geno Smith was cold-cocked by a teammate over an unpaid debt, veteran Brandon Marshall supported the young quarterback.
Marshall declined to wax poetic about Smith to reporters when given the chance after the Jets’ preseason opener against the Lions, but changed his tune Monday morning on a national TV platform.
“People think it’s a distraction,” Marshall said on FOX Monday morning. “It is. It sucks. It was shocking. I’m very disappointed. I feel bad for the kid, because he was doing really good. But we have to move forward if we want to win.