Just over a week after Alex Smith was carted off of the field with a gruesome leg injury, the reports on any potential comeback are cautiously optimistic at best.
For anyone who saw the replay of the injury or heard the official report, it makes sense to doubt any player’s ability to return. Smith, the starting quarterback for the Washington Redskins, went down in Week 11 with a spiral fracture of his tibia and fibula, which implies greater damage than a clean break, including the fact that it broke through the skin. Even the written description is a bit much to stomach.