{"id":830805,"date":"2026-07-29T07:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/830805\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:49:18","slug":"geno-smith-hates-the-fact-that-he-created-a-potential-distraction-for-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/830805\/","title":{"rendered":"Geno Smith &#8220;hates&#8221; the fact that he created a potential &#8220;distraction&#8221; for Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback Geno Smith is back with the Jets. In the first offseason of his second tenure with the team, Smith was involved in an incident that sparked an on-again, off-again police investigation. (The probe is currently off.)<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, in his first press conference since the situation unfolded, Smith expressed regret for creating an off-field issue for his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hate the fact that something I was a part of c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49474294\/jets-smith-rues-being-distraction-dispute-girlfriend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ould\u2019ve been a distraction for this team<\/a>, my teammates and this organization because a lot of hard work has been put in,\u201d Smith said, via Rich Cimini of ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of guys have put in a lot of work for us to be in a good spot as a team. I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m able to put this behind me. I\u2019m looking forward to moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith, per Cimini, also said he discussed the situation with coach Aaron Glenn, General Manager Darren Mougey, and veteran leaders on the team. Smith did not elaborate on what was said.<\/p>\n<p>And while the investigation currently has been closed, it could still open again \u2014 if, for example, the alleged victim decides to provide police with a sworn statement.<\/p>\n<p>The full police report suggested that there were multiple skirmishes between Smith and his accuser. Smith also claimed that she had tried to steal $20 million in watches and jewelry during the dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quarterback Geno Smith is back with the Jets. In the first offseason of his second tenure with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-830805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}