Rewatching The Theismann Injury Analysis

Chris Bachelder, the author of “Rewatching the Theismann Injury”, published on November 18, 2015 by the New York Times, did a good job of further informing football watchers of the events that occurred when Washington Redskin quarterback, Joe Theismann suffered a career ending injury. Bachelder explained how most people say they know of or have even seen the injury to Theismann, but people may not remember everything that happened when his career was ended. The way Bachelder explained what happened was he did a memory test on himself to see what he remembered about the play and testing it with what really happened, which informs the reader on what transpired back in 1985. For example, Bachelder recalled that he was young at this time and his

Back in 1985 this was most talked about thing happening in football. Even of recently according to Bachelder’s reports, people still see Theismann’s injury as the “most shocking moment in football history.” Looking at these social and historical aspects help Bachelder show the importance of this unfortunate event. The use of memory also effectively helps Bachelder show his main point. At first Bachelder’s purpose is unclear, but as he continues I begin to see how he is progressing from what most people remember, to what he remembers, to what he as well as most people forget, to his main point being the significance of what we have forgotten. He uses words of amusement and amazement that helps understand his tone of being reflective and reverently understanding of everything. Bachelder uses words such as “beautiful”, “glorious”, and “elegant” which display his reverence of everything and his repetitive usage of the word “remembered” shows his reflective

Throughout the article he was over-the-top with his vocabulary that was not necessarily needed. Using the words he chose to use was a mistake because it took away from the meaning of the article and made me read on with confusion, sometimes not knowing what some words meant. Another weakness is his comparison with football and real life. Bachelder overlooked how in real life it mostly is up to the person to continue on with the plans of grandeur and is their own choice to do whatever it takes to uphold those plans with football’s unpredictability. Sometimes life is unpredictable, but people’s choices heavily effect whether the plans are continued unlike in football. In Theismann’s situation he had no choice but for his plans to get cancelled, as well as his