The comeback wasn’t nearly as dramatic as that of former teammate Alex Smith, who nearly lost his leg and faced life-threatening complications from a horrifying injury in 2018. But the journey for Colt McCoy, who replaced Smith in the lineup and suffered a fractured fibula just two games after Smith was hurt, has been harrowing in its own right.
"It was obviously a really tough thing to go through," McCoy said Sunday, a few minutes after replacing an injured Daniel Jones to lead the Giants to a 19-17 win over the Bengals. "It was a lot worse than what everyone outside of me and my family knew.