Alex Smith's 2018 broken leg could've ended his NFL career. Instead, after 17 surgeries and consideration of amputating his leg, Smith made it back into NFL action in 2020 for the Washington ...

The Washington Redskins might have reached their breaking point on their injury crisis. Quarterback Alex Smith suffered both a broken tibia and fibula during Sunday's 23-21 loss to the Houston ...

Redskins' Alex Smith suffers gruesome injury 33 years to the day after Joe Theismann's broken leg Smith left the field on a stretcher and in an air cast and he was replaced by Colt McCoy ...

Just over 17 months ago, NFL veteran quarterback Alex Smith suffered a severely broken leg while playing quarterback for the Washington Redskins. The story of how bad his injury was, including his ...

Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith was finally able to ditch the leg brace Monday eight months after suffering a broken tibia and fibula in a game against the Houston Texans.

Alex Smith is retiring from the NFL after making an improbable comeback from a broken leg.

Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith is finally out of his leg brace approximately eight months after suffering a gruesome injury.

Alex Smith suffered a gruesome leg injury in the third quarter of the Redskins game against the Texans. The injury immediately brought up memories of Joe Thiesman's infamous career-ending leg injury.

Former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann said Smith’s broken leg reminded him of his own career-ending injury. “Alex’s leg is exactly like mine 33 yrs ago,” Theismann said in a tweet.

Alex Smith retired Monday after making an improbable comeback from a gruesome broken leg. Read more on Boston.com.

Alex Smith is retiring from the NFL after making an improbable comeback from a broken leg.