{"id":4755,"date":"2016-10-24T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2016-10-24T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T21:33:58","slug":"jets-geno-smith-suffers-torn-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/10\/24\/jets-geno-smith-suffers-torn-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets Quarterback Geno Smith Suffers Torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets quarterback <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SmitGe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geno Smith<\/a><\/strong> tore his ACL in the team&#8217;s win against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Smith started his first game since Dec. 28, 2014 yesterday after <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FitzRy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Fitzpatrick<\/a><\/strong> was benched. Fitzpatrick threw 11 interceptions in six games, including six in a blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs back in Week Three.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: Based on initial MRI, belief is that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jets<\/a> QB Geno Smith tore his ACL. Incredible. Players in the locker room are learning about it<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/790604023560888320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>New York Jets Quarterback Geno Smith Suffers Torn ACL<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Geno left the game early in the second quarter. Fitzpatrick took over and threw for 120 yards and a touchdown in the 24-16 win over the Baltimore Ravens. The Jets play the Cleveland Browns on the road next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick was named the Jets starting quarterback after Week 2 in 2015 after Smith was punched by former teammate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EnemIK00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IK Enemkpali<\/a><\/strong>. The punch resulted in Smith suffering a broken jaw. He would go on to miss the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets signed Fitz to a one-year deal after they finished the 2015 season 10-6. They missed the playoffs after they lost to the Buffalo Bills in Week 17 and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Browns to clinch the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Should Fitz continue his struggles during the season, the only other two quarterbacks on the Jets roster are Bryce Petty and rookie Christian Hackenburg. Petty has never taken a snap in his NFL career. Hackenburg was an average college quarterback and hasn&#8217;t impressed the Jets thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Fitz bashed the Jets&#8217; ownership during his postgame press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the owner stops believing in you and the GM stops believing in you and the coaches stop believing in you, all you have is yourself,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve dealt with before and something I&#8217;m dealing with now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New York currently sits at 2-5 and are last in the AFC East. They will play their next two games on the road before playing three home games in a row.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/617510306\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:67.845118% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/617510306?et=c84TRdmpSKtr3_evet-oeg&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=Il34Xbsu_qHOghEHWEpDwxVKla3Yx5A2qFWO7P65kCg=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"403\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith has suffered a torn ACL. 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