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While players were in the battle of the NFL season, Braden Smith was fighting a different one: the one going on inside his own mind.

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His OCD snowballed during the 2024 NFL season with the Colts. Smith said he had “no desire to play” football at that point because his mind was telling him: “Why are you doing this?