Report: Geno Smith was cited for speeding on Monday

It’s supposed to be a quiet time for NFL players. Lately, it hasn’t been quiet for Jets quarterback Geno Smith.

In June, police started (then stopped, then started again) an assault investigation in Florida. More recently, Smith was ticketed for speeding.

ESPN’s Rich Cimini said in an appearance on the Jets Collective podcast that it happened on July 6 at roughly 11:00 a.m. ET. Per Cimini, police said Smith was driving 70 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone. Smith was also cited for not being able to produce a license.

In isolation, and as Cimini said, it’s not a big deal. But Smith is the starting quarterback of the New York Jets, and there’s already an unresolved cloud hanging over him. Anything he does is going to make news.

Cimini hasn’t tweeted about it on his account, and there’s no item on ESPN.com. But he said it on Jets Collective, and others have picked up on it.

It’s just something else that brings the kind of attention to Smith and the Jets that they’d surely rather not have during the NFL’s annual slow period.