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If Geno Smith is well enough to start, he needs to show maturity -- like Ryan Fitzpatrick

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

It takes a lot for Todd Bowles to panic, and nothing to this point in his eventful run as the Jets' coach has prompted that reaction. Not IK Enemkpali's right cross to Geno Smith's jaw, nor Sheldon Richardson's suspension for substance abuse, nor his team's current predicament of a two-game losing streak and injuries to quarterbacks Ryan Fitzpatrick and Geno Smith.

Nope. Bowles was unruffled after a moribund 34-20 loss to the Raiders in detailing Fitzpatrick's thumb injury and Geno Smith's shoulder problem, and he was composed when offering an update to reporters on Monday about the uncertainty of either quarterback's availability for Sunday's game against the Jaguars.