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‘Smug’ Geno Smith goaded his sucker puncher: ex-player

It started with a dare.

Ryan Clark, an NFL analyst for ESPN, gave a blow-by-blow Wednesday morning of how the drama between Jets quarterback Geno Smith and now-former reserve linebacker IK Enemkpali unfolded after speaking with two players who were in the locker room.

Smith “put his fingers” in his teammate’s face before he was sucker punched, sustaining a broken jaw that will sideline him for at least six weeks.

“These guys were in each other’s face,” Clark said on ESPN’s radio show “Mike & Mike.” “Geno put his finger in his face and told the guy, ‘Well you’re not going to do anything about it.