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After playing the first seven years of his career in the San Francisco 49ers uniform, Alex Smith still has many fans in the Bay Area. If you are one of them, you have probably already heard the news.
Smith's season for the Washington Redskins – at the very least – is over.
A word for the wise man: If you're brazen, do not watch the replay. Just … no.
In the third quarter of the eventual loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday, Smith was sacked by defenseman J.J. Watt and defensive back Kareem Jackson, forcing the quarterback to break the fibula and shin in his right leg.
As Smith writhed in pain with his ankle bent at an uncomfortable angle, it was clear that it would be an injury that would end the season. But in the minutes that followed, a disturbing observation was made:
We have seen this before.
On November 18, 1985, Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann was fired by linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants Hall of Fame in "Monday Night Football", infamously breaking the fibula and shin of Theismann on the right leg. Washington then lost that match 23-21, and Theismann never played another low.
Guess what Sunday's date was?
November 18, 2018.
And guess what was the final score of the Texans-Redskins game?
This is true. 23-21.
So exactly 33 years to the day, Smith suffered the same injury that forced Theismann to retire, and the Redskins lost by an identical score. Creepy, huh?
Alex's leg is exactly like mine 33 years ago
– Joe Theismann (@ Theismann7) November 18, 2018
Theismann was 35 when he was injured. Smith is 34 years old. We do not know yet how long his recovery will take, nor how much it will affect his ability to play another low in the NFL.
Smith was taken off the field and immediately taken to hospital for surgery. As Theismann himself suggested, Smith is not necessarily destined for the same fate as he was.
"There's a positive side," Theismann told ESPN, "it's that so many drugs have changed."
Hoping that Smith will recover quickly and fully.
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