I'd trade a 6th or a 7th conditional pick for a quality backup. It helped us in this situation.
I wouldn't trade ANOTHER 6th or 7th conditional pick for a backup. First of all, no one of quality would likely be available. Second, Geno will be back at some point. If Fitz gets hurt in the next few weeks, fine, but that's the disaster scenario.
Also, Anthony Becht had a good take on the incident on his Twitter feed...
Let's get this straight Geno Smith had ZERO obligation to pay back Enemkpali the $600 because of a cancelled flight & limo dues for his camp
I've been running camps for 10 years.. NFL players are the worst schedule makers.. As a guy that's booked over 100 flight for players....
..some guys are gonna cancel, miss, or late for these events. It happens... It's happened to me atleast 10 times... Was I happy about it....
...absolutely not.. BUT I also know odds are its gonna happen. Especially high profile players. Get "REFUNDABLE" tixs.. You live & learn...
...confronting the player & pleading that he pays you back is wrong. If Geno doesn't want to pay him back, regardless if right or wrong....
...he doesn't have to.. Period. It was obviously escalated because Enemkpali kept bringing it up, which was the wrong way to go about it...
...punching the man for that is inexcusable. I don't care how much $ either guy makes. It's training camp. Approach & handle it after camp.
Result: #Geno Smith suffers...Enemkpali out of work.. #Jets team & organization suffers... And #Jets fans suffer.
Had players call me 24hrs before my camps &cancel..It happens. loss $ from there flights/hotels..But I'm not going to heckle or punch them
People always expect others to do the "morally right" thing..Stop with that. It's an imperfect world w/ imperfect people.. We all live in it