"Alex Smith," "bloody," and "leg" are three words that we have heard enough. More than enough. Way more than enough. But on Monday's Washington-Pittsburgh game, Alex Smith's bloody leg — thankfully, not that leg — stole the spotlight for a brief spell at the end of the first half of action.
The cut was the result of Smith getting kicked by one of his offensive linemen and didn't result in a serious injury.
"Yeah, you get stepped on a bunch as a quarterback and especially that front leg," Smith said after Washington's 23-17 win. "You get kind of used to it, numb to it."
If you get queasy from these types of things, this is your warning. After taking a cleat right to his left shin area, Smith was visibly gushing blood.
"Really, it was the visual when I looked down and obviously my [leg] was bloody and could visually see the blood kind of pumping out," Smith said. "So I knew it was a good one, lucked out with the timing, it was right before half so it was kind of tape it up until we got in at halftime and able to kind of take better care of it.
"So never had one gush like that, new for me, but yeah, thankfully it's not serious at all."
Fortunately, he played for the next drive, and for most other players, it would be a gross little incident that might be glossed over for a few minutes. And he added he did not need stitches at halftime.
But Smith isn't like most other players, appearing in the 2020 season for the first time since he almost lost his leg in a devastating injury that has since manifested itself in a documentary and a miraculous comeback.
Several prominent social media users commented on the injury, adding just how bad Smith's luck has been regarding his lower body health.
I'm thrilled for Alex Smith and also terrified watching him. They cut to his bleeding leg and I thought it was going to fall off.
— Michael Kist (@MichaelKistNFL) December 7, 2020
And then there were those who chose to throw it back to another of the most famous moments in all of sports: Curt Schilling's bloody sock game.
For context, Curt Schilling's bloody sock game occurred in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS between his Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, when he pitched through a torn tendon sheath in his right ankle that resulted in a blood-soaked sock by the end of the game. He twirled a masterful seven-inning, one -run performance to get the huge win.
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