[Hatteras]

Interestingly enough, the one thing I didn't like about Joe Gibbs was that he kept insisting that Theismann could still play despite Joe's obvious inability to hit a short out in less than 1 bounce off the turf.

Thankfully, LT made the decision for Joe Gibbs. I still remember the following play when Art Monk caught a long pass down to the 1-yard line and came back to the huddle with a huge smile like "FINALLY!".

Unfortunately it was Jay Schroeder that threw the ball, but alas, for one night...

[7thson]

That year - 1985 - was a bad one for the Skins and Thiesman. JT was struggling real bad. He never had that strong an arm and by 1985, it completely deserted him. Riggins was gone by that time and Gibbs was in transition with George Rogers, trying to make him the next Riggo. It was not working. Then we also had Calvin Muhhumand - the receiver who would run the wrong routes. I remember one game that year when Thiesman was so frustrated that he came back to the sidelines and turnover the table of Gatorade. At one point, while the defense was out on the field, Gibbs and Thiesman were sitting away from the rest of the team, talking. I had never seen that before. I had seen where coaches yelled at players and chewed them out, but this looked like a heart to heart.

Then, when JT got his leg snapped (everytime I see the flea-clicker play, I think of that), that was the best thing that happened to the Skins. Schroeder came in and won the game for them. They finished winning the next five out of six - losing to the 49ers in that stretch.