Washington quarterback Alex Smith is a longshot to play in the NFL this season, but after seeing what his body went through two years ago you understand why he’s grateful just to be able to walk.
Smith suffered one of the worst NFL injuries in recent memory when he was sacked by J.J. Watt and Kareem Jackson in a game against the Texans in November 2018. It was a spiral and compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula.
It’s been a long, long road to recovery for Smith, who was hospitalized for a month after the leg became infected.