Darrelle Revis Among Jets Players to Comment on Geno Smith, IK Enemkpali Fight

The New York Jets are once again making headlines for all of the wrong reasons in the wake of the locker room scuffle between quarterback Geno Smith and released linebacker IK Enemkpali, and Jets players are none too happy about the situation.  

According to Rich Cimini and Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, Smith is out for six to 10 weeks with a broken jaw after Enemkpali punched him. The altercation reportedly occurred because Smith did not reimburse Enemkpali $600 for a plane ticket Enemkpali purchased so that Smith could attend the linebacker's football camp.

While Smith is on the shelf, Enemkpali lost his job as the Jets decided to cut him. Despite Enemkpali being the aggressor, superstar cornerback Darrelle Revis believes both players are to blame for the incident, per Howie Kussoy of the New York Post: "I hold both of them responsible. At the same time, you got to move forward. There's nothing to really harp on no more. ... As a team we have to stick together."

Veteran center Nick Mangold expressed shock regarding the situation as well, although he thinks it was a fluke more than an indictment of the team's chemistry, according to Kussoy:

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I think that's what's adding to the craziness and the confusion of all this is that this really seems to have come out of nowhere. This is a first for me. I've never seen a punch thrown in the locker room. I've seen guys scuffle and I've seen shoving matches. I've seen screaming matches, but never to this extent. ... Unfortunately, it puts the perception out there that things are running amok, but really, honest to God, it is an isolated incident. It's one of those things that's never come up. It's never happened before.

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Not surprisingly, the New York newspapers are already having a field day with the Jets' perceived dysfunction, as seen in this tweet, courtesy of CNN's Rachel Nichols:

Among the Jets players who commented on the matter, nobody was sterner than well-respected offensive lineman Willie Colon, as evidenced by this quote, courtesy of Kussoy:

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It's about respect. You don't put your hands on another man whether it's his fault or not. This is where we work. This is where we feed our kids and turn on our lights and we have to treat it as such. This isn't a UFC match. We're football players, we're not fighters. If we wanted to be boxers, we'd go box. ... We're not trying to create a culture like that. If you have issue with another man, you talk about it. ... We're all professionals and we all need to control our tempers, no matter what the situation is. ... If you don't respect the place as such, it becomes cancerous.

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Such behavior would be viewed as unacceptable in any NFL locker room, but it is magnified with regard to the Jets. Not only are they part of the biggest media market in the United States, but they have also missed the playoffs in four straight seasons, so there is even less tolerance for controversies.

Some have accused current Buffalo Bills and former Jets head coach Rex Ryan of letting the inmates run the asylum to some degree, but the fact negativity remains long after his departure suggests the issues run even deeper than that.

The Jets can put this situation behind them by acting like model citizens and having success during the regular season, but if they continue to struggle and lose football games, then talk of turmoil won't go away any time soon.

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