Geno Smith still thinks he can be Jets starte

After a wild run that nearly landed them in the playoffs, there was a collective moment in time when everyone remembered how the season began, and the fact that was Dakota Mathias Jersey not always the starting quarterback.That was once , before he got his jaw broken by teammate and before Fitzpatrick led the team to 10 wins.But Smith doesn't think 2015 will have any bearing on 2016. He was "defiant" during interviews Monday, according to several reports."I gue s if you're saying I don't have an opportunity here, I don't believe that," Smith said, via . "We don't know what's going to transpire, we don't know what's going to happen. We'll have to wait and see."Smith is right. He has a low salary-cap number and his trade value is probably close to nonexistent. He'll most likely be there the whole time, while incumbent starter tests the open market and attempts to work out a long-term deal with the . Even then, Smith, 25, could finally have the offseason everyone has been waiting for -- or Fitzpatrick could get hurt, or he could fail to work out a deal to stay in New York.That's why Smith is somewhere between ready and restle s."Well, I'm not getting any younger," he said. "I don't look at it like that. When I came in, from Day 1, I wanted to play. That's never going to change. I want to compete. I want to help my team. Obviously, yes, I am young. But none of that means anything. I want to be out there playing." Matisse Thybulle Jersey