We’ll likely never know what specifically happened between Jets quarterback Geno Smith and now-former Jets linebacker IK Emenkpali, absent surveillance video. Even if multiple people witnessed the exchange, multiple people will have different versions of what they saw.
The official version from the Jets is that Smith was “sucker punched.” That claim is now being disputed.
NFL safety turned ESPN analyst Ryan Clark has made this claim on Twitter: “Have confirmed with multiple sources that Geno Smith was not, I repeat was not sucker punched! So let’s stop that narrative.”
It’s not a narrative.