Jets Season 2015 Win Total Odds Have Team Winning 7 Regular Season Games

As of Wednesday morning, oddsmakers had yet to place a number on the total regular season wins for the New York Jets nearly 24 hours after it was revealed that expected starting quarterback Gino Smith had suffered a broken jaw at the hands of a fellow teammate and will be out up to 10 weeks.  By evening, oddsmakers had them winning 7 regular season games.

Early indications are that New York will be favored to win no more than 5 regular season games in 2015.

Smith was sucker punched by teammate reserve linebacker IK Enemkpali, a sixth-round pick in 2014, over the refunding of a $600 plane ticket.  Enemkpali was immediately released by the team.

"It was nothing to do with football. ... It was very childish," coach Todd Bowles said. "He got cold-cocked ... sucker punched, whatever you want to call it, in the jaw. He's got a broken jaw, a fractured jaw.”

Here is how it all went down, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter:

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.A source familiar with the situation told ESPN's Josina Anderson that at the start of camp, Smith approached Enemkpali, sensing tension between the two. The source said Smith confronted Enemkpali, tried to diffuse the situation and offered to pay Enemkpali the $600.

The source told Anderson "Geno initially intended to attend the event out of goodwill," adding, "Geno did not borrow $600 from [Enemkpali]. He volunteered to attend the event. Geno offered to pay the kid back from what was spent, to help him out."

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