What Steve “Air McNair” Meant to Me

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Published: July 7, 2009

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... during his last days as a Tennessee Titan.

McNair was coming off an injury-riddled 2005 season in which he was 4-10 in the games he started. He was set to count $20 million over the Titans' salary cap for the 2006 season, and the Titans wanted to restructure his deal to give them some financial flexibility. 

The moment itself occurred when McNair showed up at the Titans' facilities to rehab and to work out in the equipment room. Upon entering the building, he was stopped and refused admission by team officials. Less than two months later he was a Baltimore Raven.

I'll be honest, I was always a McNair supporter.

I was high on him coming out of the 1995 draft, and was peeved that my Redskins just missed out on him, getting Michael Westbrook as a consolation prize (if you can call it that). All I really knew about him as a 10-year-old is that he threw for tons of yards and touchdowns at Alcorn State—and that he had the coolest nickname around, "A...

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