This one could be the biggest training camp bust-up yet.
The New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith was punched in the face by his teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali at practice this week.
Smith suffered a broken jaw in two places which will require surgery and will sideline him 6-10 weeks of playing.
“Word is Geno Smith put his finger in the face of IK Enemkpali’s during and argument that wasn’t getting diffused,”
NFL’s Ian Rapoport reports.
“Then came the punch.”
Jet's Coach, Todd Bowles says,
"It was something very childish,"
He added,
"and he got cold-cocked, sucker-punched — whatever you want to call it — in the jaw."
"The team knows this is something we don't tolerate, something we can't stand,"
Bowles said.
"You don't walk up to another man and punch him in the face."So what REALLY happened in that locker room?
According to ESPN, Smith, who will miss at least six to 10 weeks with two fractures in his jaw, accepted a $600 plane ticket from IK Enemkpali to appear at the reserve linebacker's football camp in Pflugerville, Texas, on July 11, according to sources. Problems arose when Smith did not show to the camp, which took place days after someone close to Smith was killed in a motorcycle accident in Miami, sources said.
After Smith did not attend, Enemkpali demanded that the Jets quarterback refund him the $600 he allegedly used to purchase the plane ticket. Smith told Enemkpali he would reimburse him the money, but he had not as of Tuesday morning. Enkempali confronted Smith on Tuesday about the money, and the confrontation ended in a punch and a broken jaw.
I.K. Enemkpali was immediately removed from his team after punched Smith and just a day later taken in by the Jets former coach and current Bills coach Rex Ryan. 
Throughout all of the commotion, Geno Smith still appears to be in a positive place. He responded via instagram simply saying,
"I'll Be Back."
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