A twisted ankle. A tweaked hamstring. A big hit.
Bryce Petty — the rookie quarterback who supposedly was at least a year away from being ready to play in a real game — is one injury away from finding his way into the spotlight.
And the former Baylor star isn’t shying away from the potential of such an outcome.
“I feel really confident of how far I’ve come, and how far I’ve come along with learning the offense,” Petty said after Friday’s practice. “Preparation’s there. Now you’ve just got to execute, whether I’m called on this game or a game down the road, [or] God forbid something happens to [Ryan Fitzpatrick].