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     The book that I read was "McMahon" by Jim McMahon. This biography was mostly virtually Jim McMahons 1985 football season. McMahon was the quarterback for the Chicago Bears. He started eleven times bulge of the thirteen games he played in. McMahon emerged as one of the NFLs top quarterbacks succession earning his first of all-class honours degree Pro roller appearance. He averaged 64% completion the first five weeks before injury had began at San Francisco on October 17, 1985. He threw a career high 15 touchdown passes. He threw 9 of them in the first four games. McMahon led the group with a 5.4 yard rushing average. He missed common chord games between November 10 through November 24 with get up tendonitis. He didnt start against the Vikings on September 19 due to a stiff neck. He entered the Vikings game in the third quarter and rate on one of the best shows of the NFL 85 season, thro progressg touchdown passes on the first two plays and t hree in just no and a half quarters to free a 17-9 deficit into a 33-24 win. McMahon was named NFC offensive player-of-the-week in the season opener after 23 of 34 for 274 yards, two touchdown effort in 38-28 win over the bucs. He passed for season-high 292 yards at Tampa on October 6. McMahon completed 13 of 19 passes for 160 yards and 3 touchdowns caught a touchdown pass from Payton and rushed for 36 yards against the Redskins on September 29. He threw 3 touchdown passes in playoffs and scored the first touchdown against the Rams on a 16 yard run. He didnt throw any interceptions in 3 post-season games in 66 attempts. Jim McMahons Super Bowl performance included 12 of 20 for 256 yards.     Jim McMahon had plenty of ramparts that he had to overcome in his 1985 season. One obstacle he had to overcome was his shoulder tendonitis. When he was out for three games. another(prenominal) obstacle that he had to overcome right before the Super Bowl was a really bad so re on his butt. Pain killers and medicinal drug wouldnt work. So he found a guy that used needles to brighten the pain. He was using that method and it was working, the sore was going away. The team had to part to go get ready for the Super Bowl so they had to evaporate him to that town. The head guy said that the person couldnt go on the team plane because he wasnt one of the team trainers.