Geno Smith on ankle injury, how it's affecting his Jets training camp prep
Jets quarterback Geno Smith spoke with the media on Tuesday to share an update on his ankle injury, and his plan for the rest of training camp to get ready for the regular season opener.
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So- How'd the ankle feel?
Getting better every day.
Getting better.
Would you wanna play in the pre- do you wanna play in the preseason?
I know Aaron is kinda, you know, still deciding on that, but do you feel like you need to play?
I leave it up to coach, but, you know, my job is to get ready, and help this team get ready to be ready to play, you know, week one.
But, whenever I get a chance to play, as I told you guys, I look forward to it.
But I also leave that up to coach.
It sounded like it was, it was interpreting what Karen was just saying, it sounded like as long as you're healthy and, and you wanna play, you'll play.
Do you feel like it's important with the new system, with Frank, you know, obv- you know, obviously a new cast around you, to play in a preseason game against another team and just in another environment?
Every rep is important, whether that's in practice, in a game, every rep is important.
So yes, every rep is important.
Every chance I get to play, every chance I get to practice, every opportunity is just as important as the next.
And so yes, I do feel like it's very important.
It happened in the Tampa joint practices, but how, how did it happen?
I just had some swelling.
Yeah, a little swelling in my ankle.
