[C19fan]

I remember LT snapping Joe Thiesmann's leg on MNF. Thiesmann never played football again. This is not only a season ending injury but very likely a career ending injury.

[PGR88]

His career is over.

[montag813]

Tragic. Smith finally landed with the right team, which was leading the NFC East, and it’s over just like that. And what are the odds this happens to a Skins QB again??

[montag813]

BTW...Theismann was at this game and witnessed the injury, later tweeting “Alex’s leg is exactly like mine 33 yrs ago”. Horrible.

[montag813]

Redskins QB Theismann's injury: Nov. 18, 1985
Redskins QB Smith identical injury: Nov. 18, 2018
Same stadium, 33 years apart to the day
Theismann in attendence, witnesses it.
History is nuts sometimes.

[Rummyfan]

Sad for Alex Smith. Hate to see a player get injured like this and it will likely end his career. I wish him a speedy and full recovery.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thousands of veterans who have served in that godforsaken Middle East hellhole have lost actual limbs and are suffering from PTSD and other assorted mental illnesses and are living on meager government disability.

I'm sure Smith will get treated by the best ortho surgeons and rehab physical therapists and likely could be back on the field next year thanks to medical advances.

[Mr. Mojo]

I remember LT snapping Joe Thiesmann's leg on MNF.

Same, and it sure doesn't feel like 33 years ago.

1/3 of a century - *poof*...gone.

[LittleSpotBlog]

Hmmm I don’t think so. In Theismann’s day we didn’t have titanium rods. Dr. Jackson basically just had to set the bones and wait until they grew back together.

I know someone who had a compound, open fracture of both her tibia and fibula, and nearly exactly one year later she’s completely back to normal, running, jumping, lifting, etc. I won’t be surprised at all if he has a good outcome too. Prayers up!

[Snickering Hound]

Deja vu all over again.

[TBP]

“Joe, how tall are you?”
“On which leg?”

[uncbob]

Remember seeing Theisman’s live on TV

[TBP]

And on the anniversary — ouch.

JJ Watt is one of the NFL’s good guys.

[VastRWCon]

Yep MNF heard it live on TV No longer watch the. NFL but I remember that night.

[MarkL]

This is really a terrible shame. Besides being a terrific QB, Alex Smith is a fine man and a class act. He spent a lot of time working with Patrick Mahomes last year, and Mahomes' father has nothing but wonderful things to say about how Smith took his son "under his wing."

I hope this doesn't end his career, and he is able to fully recover.

However, from the descriptions, of the injury being similar to Joe Theisman's, that still makes me queasy... I won't look at the video of Alex Smith's injury.

Mark

[DAC21]

Smith’s lower anckle was flapping around. Theismans lower leg was flapping around. Seen them both, no contest, Theismans injury was much more horrific.

[trebb]

I remember Joe’s injury too - was watching the game while in S. Korea and could almost hear it snap from there....