Steve "McHurt" retires
Stampede Blue —
... Steve McNair retired from the NFL today. There is a 1pm press conference scheduled. We wish Steve well in this next stage of his life, but we still consider him one of the most over-hyped football players of his generation. ...
Steve "McHurt" retires
Stampede Blue —
Steve McNair retired from the NFL today. There is a 1pm press conference scheduled. We wish Steve well in this next stage of his life, but we still consider him one of the most over-hyped football players of his generation. McNair got the nickname "McHurt" from Colts fans because it always seemed that he was injured and that when he played on Sunday it was because of his "amazing" powers to tolerate pain and be "tough." The reality is McNair was a lazy player who did not condition himself well in the off-seasons and, as a consequence, got hurt A LOT. His co-MVP award, which he shared with Peyton Manning in 2003, was a shame and a farce. Peyton should have been ...
Steeler Killer, Steve McNair Retires
Behind the Steel Curtain —
You've probably heard the news that Steve McNair is retiring by now, and if you've been a Steelers fan over the past 10 or 11 years, you might have gotten a small grin across your face. I'm in no means glad that a player's career has come to an end, especially in the injury plagued way that McNair's career has. McNair was a 13 year veteran of the National Football League and I'll never forget watching Titan's games only to hear most of the broadcast center around the various injuries that McNair was playing through. McNair was the co-MVP of the league in 2003 and led the Titans to 4 postseason appearances, including one Super Bowl appearance in 1999-2000. In ...
ESPN’s List of ‘Versatile QBs’ Omits a Certain Someone
BroncoTalk —
So ESPN reports that Steve McNair’s retirement puts him in a quite unique/elite group of quarterbacks in NFL history.
Except that the crack researchers at ESPN forgot somebody.
Of course ESPN Radio repeats it as gospel, along with the good folks at Sirius NFL Radio.
Don’t worry, though. ...
This Week Has Been Fun
Women Like Sports —
... Speaking of the NFL, Steve McNair announced his retirement this week. Starting way back with the Houston Oilers, he was always a reliable presence when he was healthy. He did have that McNabb-like playing ethic and came within about a yard of a Super Bowl win. ...
