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Geno Smith needs to show he can be trusted, on or off the field

Bob Glauber

Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - There was no mea culpa from Geno Smith in the aftermath of his Aug. 11 punch-out in the Jets' locker room, no offer of responsibility for his part in the moment of rage that prompted linebacker IK Enemkpali to deliver a jaw-breaking blow to the quarterback.

Other than a few vague references to learning a lesson from the experience, Smith shed little light on the incident in his first public remarks since that stunning moment when he was knocked to the floor and ended up on an operating table.