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Two years after suffering one of the in NFL history, Alex Smith is on the cusp of making an improbable comeback. Not only has Smith been cleared to participate in football activities, but Washington the physically unable to perform list on Sunday, which means he's now eligible to practice with the team, something he hasn't done since November 2018.Back in Week 11 of 2018, Smith suffered a Ricky Rubio Jersey compound fracture in his leg that resulted in a broken tibia and fibula. After the injury, Smith underwent what was supposed to be a one-off surgery, but shortly after the operation, Smith's leg . After that happened, Smith before the problem was under Abdel Nader Jersey control. According to Smith's wife, Elizabeth, amputation of the leg was considered at one point.During an interview in February, Alex said after the nightmarish ordeal.When Washington reported for training camp in late July, Smith had . However, the team doctors in Washington weren't quite ready to give him an OK to play, so the quarterback was put on the PUP list to start camp. In early August, Smith , which apparently impre sed the training staff in Washington, because le s than two weeks after that string of workouts, Smith was given the thumbs-up to return.With Smith now George Hill Jersey expected to be back on the field, that could throw a wrench into Washington's quarterback competition. Going into training camp, Dwayne Haskins seemed like a shoo-in to win the job, but with Smith now competing for the starting spot, Washington coach Ron Rivera is likely going to have a full-blown quarterback competition on his hands.Rivera, who admitted in early August that he's by Smith's rehab, said he's ready for a QB competition to happen if Smith is cleared to play. "If Alex is healthy and continues to get healthy and we do activate him, he's going to be in ," Rivera said last week, via NBC Sports Washington. "It's going to unfold very nicely as a football team for us because competition is only going to make you better. It's going to push the young guys as well."If Andre Roberson Jersey Smith looks anything like the quarterback he did before his injury, he's going to have a strong chance to win the job. Before suffering the compound fracture, Washington had a 6-3 record with Smith and was sitting in first place in the NFC East after 10 weeks. After Smith went down, the Darius Bazley Jersey team finished the season 1-6 in the final seven weeks.Whetherhe wins the job, the fact that Smith even made it back on the field is a cause for celebration, and that's exactly what his family did on Saturday after they found out that the quarterback had been cleared to return to football.