If only the New York Jets had the Ohio State Buckeyes’ stable of quarterbacks. In case you missed this from Tuesday’s sports news, Jets quarterback Geno Smith is out of action for six to 10 weeks after a teammate broke his jaw in two places over $600. Reserve linebacker IK Enemkpali believed Smith owed him that money for a plane ticket that Enemkpali purchased for Smith to work a youth football camp in Texas, but Smith attended the funeral of a friend in Florida instead of the camp. Never mind that the Jets almost immediately released the linebacker, who was a sixth-round draft pick in 2014 out of Louisiana Tech. Or that Jets coach Todd Bowles rightly labeled the action “very childish nothing to do with football you don’t walk up to a man and punch him in the face.” All that may well be true, as is the belief from some corners that journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick actually might improve the Jets’ offense, if only for all that nifty play-calling floating around in his Harvard-educated brain. FILE – in this Nov. 16, 2013, file photo, Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) runs against Illinois during an NCAA college football game in Champaign, Ill. Miller is shifting from quarterback to receiver, whittling Ohio State’s QB competition to two star passers. Miller told SI.com on Thursday night, July 23, that he plans to start the season in the H-back position and also hopes to return punts. He had surgery to repair of torn labrum in his throwing shoulder before the start of last season. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes, File) Ohio State quarterback J.T. …
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