On Friday, Rob Phillips of DallasCowboys.com, released a Top Ten list of the best Cowboy players to never make a Pro-Bowl. It was a pretty cool piece, as are most of Phillips’ weekly Top Ten list. However, the part on Dennis Thurman really caught my attention because it referenced the worst game of Joe Theismann’s career. That day was September 9, 1985, and, as Phillips said, it was Joe’s thirty-sixth birthday.

I was four years old in 1985 so I can’t say for certain, but based on this performance and the fact that he suffered a career ending compound leg fracture in November, I’m going to guess that 1985 was probably the worst year of Theismann’s career. I certainly won’t celebrate Joe’s gruesome leg injury, but his five interception birthday game is a different story. Anytime we can reflect back on a Redskins quarterback tossing five picks against the Cowboys, we need to take advantage of that. Like Roy Williams said, there are some of us that are benefiting from this lock-out. If it weren’t for a total lack of news, I probably wouldn’t dedicate an entire post to the worst game of Theismann’s career. (more…)