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Alex Smith suffered a devastating leg injury that threatens to terminate his NFL career.

In his first interview since the ghastly break, Smith spoke with Angie Goff of FOX5 DC, on The Oh My Goff Show, and the Washington Redskins quarterback said he hopes to resume his playing career at some point.

“That’s the plan,” Smith said. “That’s the plan. Steps. I’ve got to conquer some more steps before I get there. Learn to run again. That’s a big one. I’m already throwing. I already feel like throwing is not a problem. I feel like I can throw. But dropping, moving around, all that kind of stuff, change of direction.”

Smith said he’s currently working on “lifestyle” steps — playing basketball with his children, getting back to a normal routine. The QB said he was able to play golf, can drive and workout now.

The 35-year-old said he must wear the external fixator for another four to six weeks. In total, Smith will wear the contraption, which he said comes from Siberia, for about seven and a half months.

“Believe it or not, this thing is going to save my leg, save my bone, allow me to heal and walk again and hopefully play football again,” he said.

Once the fixator comes off, Smith can take more baby steps towards jogging and running. It will be a long, arduous road to recovery for the veteran quarterback, who said he’s “excited” about the latest challenge in his ever-eventful career.

The St. Louis Blues are finally on the board after earning their first Stanley Cup in the franchise’s 51-year history. Ditto the Toronto Raptors, who not only notched their maiden NBA title but also became the only Canadian team to secure the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Virginia’s basketball team finally prevailed amid the madness of March. Even Gary Woodland got into the act, capturing his first golf major with his U.S. Open triumph Sunday.

Given this rash of championship breakthroughs, could one of the NFL’s clubs finally achieve Super Bowl glory for the first time next February? You might be surprised to learn there are several holdouts given nearly 40 percent of the league’s franchises are still searching for that initial Lombardi Trophy, the 2017 Eagles and 2013 Seahawks the most recent to vault off this ignominious list.

Who might be next? Here’s my list from least likely to most to win Super Bowl LIV:

12. Cincinnati Bengals: Optimism is running high under new coach Zac Taylor, who takes over after Marvin Lewis managed to stay employed for 16 years despite never delivering a playoff win. However optimism also tends to carry the day in June, so let’s see how Taylor’s offense jells first … or if the Bengals can actually escape the cellar in a division where they seem overmatched by their three AFC North rivals.

11. Detroit Lions: They have one postseason win in the Super Bowl era. One. It’s an amazing stretch of futility for an organization that enjoyed its most recent title in 1957. And only the Bengals, who last won a playoff game in 1990, have a longer drought since their most recent postseason victory than the Lions, whose lone playoff victory occurred in 1991. Like the current Cincinnati squad, Detroit appears to be lagging well behind its divisional competitors heading into the 2019 season.

10. Arizona Cardinals: Despite the buzz surrounding No. 1 draft pick Kyler Murrayand rookie coach Kliff Kingsbury, it’s a stretch to think these Cards will take the NFL by storm with their Air Raid attack — The Washington Post actually gave them a 0% chance of winning the NFC West. There is an intriguing blend of veteran and young talent here but hard to see it coalescing quickly, especially in such a stout division.

9. Tennessee Titans: Considering they’ve finished 9-7 each of the past three seasons, it would come as no surprise if the Titans are better in 2019 than several teams ahead of them on this list. But as those 9-7 ledgers indicate, they’re not much better than mediocre and don’t seem to have the players capable of breaking through the Super Bowl ceiling. Tennessee might have the right coach in place with Mike Vrabel, but can the same be said of the quarterback position?

8. Buffalo Bills: They’re quietly building a nice program under third-year coach Sean McDermott, who led Buffalo to a wild-card berth in 2017, snapping a playoff absence that had reached nearly two decades. GM Brandon Beane made some nice pickups in free agency, first-round DT Ed Oliver should be a defensive rookie of the year contender and good vibes seem to be following second-year QB Josh Allen. But the Bills don’t look ready to unseat the Patriots from their AFC East throne much less compete for a crown of their own just yet.

7. Carolina Panthers: They went 15-1 in 2015 and advanced to their second Super Bowl under league MVP Cam Newton before flaming out against Von Miller’s Broncos. Since then, Carolina is 24-24 with nary a playoff win and mired in yet another brutal division — one likely to get even tougher with Bruce Arians taking over the Bucs. Newly signed DT Gerald McCoy seems pretty upbeat about the Panthers’ prospects, but the state of Newton’s surgically repaired shoulder will be a more telling barometer.

6. Houston Texans: With J.J. Watt, Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins and Jadeveon Clowney, they’ve got an enviable core of superstar talent — one that claimed the AFC South crown in 2018 courtesy of a nine-game winning streak. But as the Colts showed in the playoffs, neutralize most or all of the Texans’ stars, then the supporting cast will likely struggle to keep them competitive. It’s long been an issue for a franchise that has never advanced beyond the divisional round.

5. Cleveland Browns: With WR Odell Beckham Jr. teaming with QB Baker Mayfield, fresh off his record-breaking rookie season — he had 27 touchdown passes and led Cleveland to its best record (7-8-1) since 2007 — the Browns have become this spring’s offseason darlings. With three of their first five regular-season games in prime time, we’ll learn quickly if the hype is justified. But even if it is, no team is further removed from its most recent playoff trip (2002), and Cleveland hasn’t won in postseason since Bill Belichick roamed the sideline. The club’s last NFL title came in 1964 (the first Super Bowl occurred after the 1966 season), so let’s give these Brownies a little time for needed seasoning before we pencil them in for Super Sunday.

4. Jacksonville Jaguars: Coming off a 5-11 campaign, a significant boom-or-bust factor exists here. But it hasn’t even been two years since the Jags were less than a quarter away from facing Nick Foles’ Eagles in Super Bowl LII. Now Foles has joined Jacksonville, replacing ever-maddening predecessor Blake Bortles, and could bring just enough stability to a team that could still go far given its defensive stars and the potential for a suffocating ground attack if Leonard Fournette dials back in.

3. Minnesota Vikings: Another team which was on the Super Bowl doorstep in 2017, the Vikes regressed last season despite the ballyhooed acquisition of QB Kirk Cousins. It probably shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise given the change at the team’s most important position, not to mention the offense’s philosophical disconnect with head coach Mike Zimmer, who wants to see far more balance. But with new OC Kevin Stefanski evidently far more committed to handing the ball off, an O-line bolstered by first-round C Garrett Bradbury, and scads of talent on virtually every other unit on the roster, it’s time for Minnesota to take two steps forward following its step back in 2018.

2. Atlanta Falcons: The nucleus of the squad that suffered that infamous Super LI collapse to New England three years ago remains largely intact. A tantalizing defense riddled by injuries last season should be rejuvenated by recovery time and coach Dan Quinn’s decision to assume the play-calling duties. But the main question may be whether new (and former) OC Dirk Koetter can do what departed Steve Sarkisian could not — restore the effectiveness of a star-studded group that was one of the most productive in NFL history under Kyle Shanahan in 2016 but hasn’t been nearly as prolific since.

1. Los Angeles Chargers: With the possible exception of a credible home-field advantage, they don’t seem to be lacking for much. But even with opponent’s fans typically cramming their temporary residence in a soccer yard, the Bolts still matched the Chiefs for the AFC’s top record (12-4) in 2018 — and without the services of DE Joey Bosa, LB Denzel Perryman and TE Hunter Henry for most of the season. Veteran QB Philip Rivers will probably need to find a way to vanquish the Patriots — Rivers is 0-8 all-time, including three playoff defeats, against Tom Brady — but he’s got the juice to do it now … and may not have a better opportunity as he enters his 16th NFL campaign.

Watching watch NFL football live broadcasts is like navigating a labyrinth. The networks and platforms that broadcast the games, which are among the most watched on US TV, have complicated rights deals with the NFL that grant them specific matches on specific platforms in specific parts of the world. The contracts betray little logic to anyone outside the negotiating rooms.

The Sunday day games are split between CBS and Fox; NBC airs Sunday Night Football, plus the annual kickoff and prime time Thanksgiving games; ESPN hosts Monday Night Football; the NFL Network televises games on Thursday nights, many of which will also air on Fox; and CBS has the next Super Bowl. Check out the full schedule for the 2019-2020 season here.

There a few different ways to watch NFL games live online:

US mobile streaming

For the first time this year, many NFL games are available to stream free via the NFL and Yahoo Sports apps. Previously, only Verizon customers were able to watch for free on mobile. Now all the live local and nationally broadcast primetime games like Sunday Night Football are available free on the NFL app and Verizon’s Yahoo Sports, Tumblr, and AOL apps in the US. None of those streams work on TVs. But, on iPhones and iPads, the games are also available on the Safari web browser.

To catch the out-of-market games on mobile and table—say, you’re a Pittsburgh Steelers fan living in New York—you’ll need an NFL RedZone subscription, which costs $4.99 per month.

US cable network streaming

If you have a cable subscription and you aren’t near a TV during NFL games, you can watch them live through the networks’ streaming platforms, NBC Sports, Fox Sports, and ESPN Watch. Though you’re basically limited to your hometown-team games (if you are a fan of a team outside your local market, you’ll need NFL Sunday Ticket, see below).

You can also access local channels, ESPN, and the NFL Network through online TV-streaming services (more on these services below).

Most cable network streams aren’t available on phones because of the deal the NFL has with Verizon.

CBS All Access

Subscribers of the streaming platform CBS All Access, which costs $6 per month, can access every game that airs on CBS in their local markets during the 2018-2019 NFL season. That includes the Super Bowl.

Amazon also sells CBS All Access to its Prime Video members through the Channels program, which allows people to pay for and watch numerous subscription services with the Prime Video app.

Amazon Prime

Amazon is live streaming 11 Thursday night games this season (the same ones that air on Fox and are simulcast on the NFL Network on US TV). The games are available to subscribers of Amazon’s $119-per-year Prime membership program, as well as for free on Twitch, Amazon’s streaming platform for video gamers.

Amazon will stream Thursday night games in weeks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15.

US streaming TV

Football fans without cable TV can access the live CBS, Fox, and NBC broadcasts in some markets, as well as ESPN and the NFL Network, through myriad streaming-TV platforms.

• AT&T’s DirecTV Now sells a package including the local channels in select US markets, as well as ESPN and the NFL Network for $55 per month. It’s $40 without the NFL Network.
• Hulu’s $40-per-month live TV package comes with live local affiliates in some US markets, as well as ESPN. It does not have the NFL Network.
• Dish’s Sling TV sells access to the live local Fox and NBC channels in some US markets, as well as ESPN and the NFL Network, for $40 a month with its Sling Orange + Sling Blue package. It does not include CBS. NFL RedZone, an additional NFL cable channel that switches between games to show highlights in progress, costs $10 more per month with the Sling Blue Sports Extra add on.
• Sony’s Playstation Vue carries CBS, NBC, and Fox in certain markets, and ESPN and the NFL Network. Vue typically costs $50 per month with the NFL Network, and $45 without, though the company is currently running a discounted promotional offer. For $10 more per month you can also add on Vue’s Sports Pack, which includes NFL RedZone.
• YouTube TV’s $40-per-month streaming package also includes CBS, Fox, NBC broadcasts in some markets, and ESPN. It does not include the NFL Network.

NFL Sunday Ticket

NFL Sunday Ticket, a subscription service provided by DirecTV, is the closest to an all-access pass of the US NFL subscriptions. It’s nearly $300 per season and lets you watch all Sunday games not on your local stations. It’s expensive, but gives you the most live games out of market. (You won’t see games from hometown teams, but you can watch every other game.)

Sunday Ticket is available to add on top of a DirecTV subscription. It’s also available with DirecTV in some US markets or as a standalone subscription.

Outside the US: NFL Game Pass

For fans outside the US, NFL Game Pass, which costs $99 per season, provides access to every game. Game Pass will stream all 256 regular season games, the playoffs, and the Super Bowl and offer on-demand viewing shortly after each game ends.

NFL Game Pass live streaming is limited to devices outside of the US, but on-demand is available everywhere.

The sports platform DAZN’s $20-per-month subscription in Canada also streams live NFL games.

Want a better understanding Netflix and other streaming giants? Check out our guide to the NFL streaming-TV wars