Ravens QB Steve McNair Announces Retirement

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by prinzeofmoval

He's apart of the 30,000 passing yards and 3,500 rushing yard club..the other two frank T. and steve young also apart of the club and is in the hall of fame

That by no means makes him a hall of famer.
Seriously, take a gander at Brunell's stats vs McNairs. Amazingly similar. SO if McNair makes it, so should Brunell.

[prinzeofmoval]

Originally Posted by jsarno

That by no means makes him a hall of famer.
Seriously, take a gander at Brunell's stats vs McNairs. Amazingly similar. SO if McNair makes it, so should Brunell.

dude Mcnair will go down in history the way Earl Campbell did..Mark Brunell what has he done in his career worth talking about? How many MVP seasons? So you can't even compare Brunell to Mcnair..

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by prinzeofmoval

dude Mcnair will go down in history the way Earl Campbell did..Mark Brunell what has he done in his career worth talking about? How many MVP seasons? So you can't even compare Brunell to Mcnair..

FYI. Brunell's career started long before he played for the Redskins

[MTK]

Originally Posted by prinzeofmoval

dude Mcnair will go down in history the way Earl Campbell did..Mark Brunell what has he done in his career worth talking about? How many MVP seasons? So you can't even compare Brunell to Mcnair..

So 1 co-MVP season instantly puts him on another level?

Once again as many have pointed out, if you compare Brunell's and McNair's numbers they are very similar.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by prinzeofmoval

dude Mcnair will go down in history the way Earl Campbell did..Mark Brunell what has he done in his career worth talking about? How many MVP seasons? So you can't even compare Brunell to Mcnair..

Well, it looks like some others already talked about Brunell / McNair, so I don't need to beat a dead horse.
But I will make a comment on the Campbell / McNair comparison.
Campbell had 3 years where he lead the league in rushing yards and a top 7 5 times, had 2 years where he lead the league in rushing tds and a top 7 5 times. McNair had a top 7 in passing td's 1 time, and never had a top 7 in passing yards season.
Campbell was 8th all time when he retired. McNair is 28th.

There is no comparison.

[steveo395]

If they put him in the hall of fame, they might as well put mark brunell in the hall of fame because he was just as good, if not better... so basically what I'm saying is, he better not make the hall of fame.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by steveo395

If they put him in the hall of fame, they might as well put mark brunell in the hall of fame because he was just as good, if not better... so basically what I'm saying is, he better not make the hall of fame.

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing regarding MB. His numbers are very similar

Mark Brunell Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing regarding MB. His numbers are very similar

Mark Brunell Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

And all it took was Baltimore-Washington connection to water down their numbers even more.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing regarding MB. His numbers are very similar

Mark Brunell Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

And they both should have retired several years ago.

[Redskins247]

Originally Posted by steveo395

If they put him in the hall of fame, they might as well put mark brunell in the hall of fame because he was just as good, if not better... so basically what I'm saying is, he better not make the hall of fame.

Ok I'll be the one to say it, if Theismann is not a Hall of Famer, then McNair definitely is not.

[GTripp0012]

Probably a no on the HOF for McNair.

He won an MVP in his career year, and had a few other good years scattered around it, but he took a very long time to develop. He was an anchor on the '99 SB team, and that was his 5th NFL season already.

His career took off for the next four years, and he showed he could be a pro bowl level player, culminating with the Co-MVP in 2003, but there's a long list of players with better credentials than McNair who are on the outside looking in at Canton right now.

[hail_2_da_skins]

Steve McNair was a good quarterback but I don't think he is hall of fame material.

[skinsfan_nn]

That was a smart move on McNairs behalf to finally retire, it was time to hang it up last year. I'm sure he would enjoy simple tasks such as walking after the game, these last couple years have been rough on his health.

Although he was fun to watch in his prime. He IMO is in no way a HOF QB.

[J. Spanky]

definitely not hall worthy. but a very good qb and person. its a shame to see him go. its the right decision though. probably a year too late. but i'd have like to see the ol' boy get some of his groove back in baltimore.

ah well, another great player retires in the shadow of brett favre. hopefully, troy smith will get a fair shot now.

[Schneed10]

McNair never won the SB. Unless he's got Marino numbers (which he doesn't), that pretty much precludes him in my book.