The date was 18 Nov 1985, I was sitting in the OSAN AB, KS chow hall, eating chow and watching MNF.

[MrScorpio]

The Washington Football Team's QB, Joe Theismann was injured. We all saw his leg snap in sickeningly detail on the TV... To my knowledge, no one watching it in the chow facility with me tossed their cookies. But I wouldn't blame them if they did.

Theismann never played another down of professional football after that day.

This Sunday, 33 years to the day, another Washington Football Team QB, Alex Smith, suffered the same fate. It must be something about that date. Hearing about the incident, I took every precaution to avoid seeing Smith's injury, something that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I was successful. The irony, of course, wasn't lost on any of us, much less Joe Theismann himself:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/sports/alex-smith-injury-joe-theismann.html

Although I've cheered on my fair share of clean football hits, I really hate to see other people suffer. I guess that makes me human.

All I have to say is that I wish Alex Smith and his family a speedy recover and good luck on his post football career.

[CincyDem]

1. Watched this sitting in some hotel bar in Secaucus on a business trip...

..the were playing at RFK, we were in the shadows of the Meadowlands. I think any football fan watching remembers where they were.

Local crowd went crazy for the sack and within seconds, you could hear a pin drop on carpet it was so quiet. Even the most rabid fans don't want to see players from either side hurt.

I don't think anyone cheered a play after that.

[peekaloo]

2. Every highlight synopsis yesterday showed the tackle and waited until after

to mention the injury.

Not as gruesome, if there's a gruesome measurement stick, but you could see it .

[OriginalGeek]

3. I saw that

and I saw this one



and it made me pretty queasy both times. My taint is still pretty puckered.