Former Washington Football Team quarterback Joe Theismann reflected on Alex Smith's fractured tibia and fibula recently, calling upon his own experience with a gruesome leg injury.
Theismann explained to ESPN's John Keim that Smith's road to recovery was far more arduous than what he faced in 1985:
"He has gone through a lot more than I had to go through. For me it was a question of the leg healing and then trying to do certain things required of the quarterback position. Alex came within 24 hours of losing his leg. I didn't wind up with complications; he wound up with a tremendous amount of complications.