Alex Smith was badly injured in the third quarter of the Redskins’ game against the Texans. Alex Brandon/Associated Press
On the 33rd anniversary of Joe Theismann’s career-ending knee injury, Alex Smith, the veteran quarterback of the Washington Redskins, left Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans with what appeared to be an equally-devastating injury to his right ankle.
Smith, who started the season 6-3 after coming over from the Kansas City Chiefs in an off-season trade, had dropped back to pass in the third quarter, when he was wrapped up by Kareem Jackson and then hit head-on by J.