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2016 NFL Week 8 Recap

WASHINGTON — Another terrible tie, a glimpse into the NFC’s future and Carson Palmer’s Halloween house of horrors highlight the NFL Week 8 Recap.

Quarterback Alex Smith’s grueling road to recovery chronicled in ESPN program

NFL quarterback Alex Smith suffered a gruesome leg injury that put his career in jeopardy and had him fighting for his life, and his long and grueling road to recovery is chronicled in an upcoming one-hour program from ESPN called "Project 11." The leg injury occurred Nov. 18, 2018, in the third quarter of a game between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans. After being sacked by the Texans' J.J. Watt and Kareem Jackson, Smith suffered a spiral and compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula.
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