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Post by endo on Nov 18, 2018 17:09:20 GMT -5
In the third quarter of today's game against the Texans, Alex Smith suffered a brutal leg injury breaking his tibia and fibula of his right leg. "Washington's season has taken the ugliest of turns. Starting quarterback Alex Smith suffered a broken leg in the third quarter of Sunday's 23-21 loss to the Houston Texans, Redskins coach Jay Gruden told reporters. The 34-year-old passer will have surgery right away, Gruden added. "I know it was very painful for [Smith] and heartbreaking for a lot of people," Gruden said after the game. "He's a great guy and a hard worker and one of the key leaders on this football team. These things happen in pro football unfortunately. You just hate to see them happen to a guy like Alex. But knowing the type of guy he is, I think he'll bounce back." Smith suffered the gruesome season-ending injury after being thrown to the ground by Texans defenders Kareem Jackson and J.J. Watt. Colt McCoy quickly took over with the Redskins trailing 17-7" www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000989183/article/redskins-qb-alex-smith-suffers-broken-leg-in-lossCrazy thing is it was exactly 33 years ago today the Joe Theismann suffered the same kind of injury during a game against the Giants, an injury that ended his career. I feel really bad for Smith, this may have ended his career, guess we'll see. Hope he'll be alright. |
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Post by NDX on Nov 18, 2018 22:11:18 GMT -5
AHH! He got Sid Vicioused!
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Post by endo on Nov 18, 2018 22:47:26 GMT -5
Yeah. Really feel bad for him, was having a decent season and the Skins were first in the NFC East. Not to take away from the severity of Smith's injury, but this probably effectively ends the Skins season as well.
The backup is Colt McCoy, and before coming in today he hadn't taken an in game snap since 2015. And the third string emergency QB is a wide receiver for the team.
The whole thing just sucks all the way around, for Smith, the team and the fans. ish happens.
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Post by NDX on Nov 19, 2018 3:50:18 GMT -5
How do you now have a third string QB? Like, a legit one?
Also, being 34, this could effectively end his career, too. Sid never took a real bump again after having his shin surgically rebuilt.
But, if he could rehab it enough (I think Sid just didn't care enough to do so, just my opinion on that) he could become a pro rassler and use that leg as a finisher a la Luger's steel plated forearm.
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Post by endo on Nov 19, 2018 10:06:09 GMT -5
Theismann was 36 when it happened to him and he never played again, so yeah, his career could be done. Only upside is Smith signed a huge contact when he got here with $74 million guaranteed if he were to get injured.
And, I have no idea why there is no third string QB, thought that's what happened in the off season. Coaches and scouts try to add depth at positions. Pretty foolish to basically bank on one player as easy as it is to get hurt in the NFL. And, now they pay the price. No offense to McCoy, but I just don't see him being the guy to take this team to the playoffs. Maybe I'm wrong, we'll see.
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