All indications since he joined the Raiders this year are that Geno Smith is popular and well-respected in the locker room, and his interactions with the media have mostly been positive.

But everyone has a breaking point, and Smith might have reached his on Sunday.

After he was sacked 10 times in a 24-10 loss to Cleveland and booed from the moment he was introduced, Smith was seen making an obscene gesture toward fans as he left the field. Shortly thereafter, his answers in the postgame news conference were uncharacteristically brief.

The Raiders pointed to a statement they issued to the Las Vegas Review-Journal regarding the incident with fans.

“We are disappointed in his actions and have discussed the incident with Geno,” the statement read. “We hold the Raider Nation in the

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