TitanLegend Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Dwight Freeney wrote a piece for the player's tribune on the 5 toughest players he ever faced, and of course Steve made the list(first guy on the list if you just wanna read Steve's section): https://www.theplayerstribune.com/dwight-freeney-nfl-5-toughest-ever-faced/ Because Air McNair didn’t need a lot of weapons. He was the weapon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaTitan Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 My favorite football player ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBukafax Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 Lmao god no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenj Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 McNair's the first guy listed, and also has by far the most written about him. The guy will always be underrated. I love that Freeney flat out talks about his own QB Manning having great weapons, but McNair basically being the whole offense. This is a guy who played McNair twice a year, always watched gamefilm, and played playoff ball almost every year. He knows what level players were on the Colts and Titans offenses, and he faced a ton of top QBs. McNair was the real deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 I remember the Steelers playing the Falcons and Vick, the next week the Steelers were playing the Titans. Someone asked the DC if it would be easier on the defense to play McNair after having to play Vick the previous week. His response was hilarious. He basically laughed at the reporter and said Vick wasn't a pimple on McNair's ass. The coaches understood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 30 minutes ago, OILERMAN said: I remember the Steelers playing the Falcons and Vick, the next week the Steelers were playing the Titans. Someone asked the DC if it would be easier on the defense to play McNair after having to play Vick the previous week. His response was hilarious. He basically laughed at the reporter and said Vick wasn't a pimple on McNair's ass. The coaches understood The thing about McNair was even though he was very raw when he came into the league, in his few appearances his first 2 years you could tell right off the bat that he had excellent natural composure in the pocket, he never seemed flustered or overwhelmed. And he didn't do stupid shit with the ball. Even before he started playing at an elite level he rarely turned the ball over. I thought at times he may have played a bit too safe but turnovers are a huge killer. There weren't many games we weren't in when McNair was the QB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalisms Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 McNair is as removed from Rodgers as VY is from McNair. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 McNair was never the playmaker as a passer that Rodgers is. I actually think Russell Wilson is closer to that guy than McNair was. But, at the same time, as hard as it is to bring down Wilson, McNair was tougher to bring down. Wilson has Steve's slipperiness, but not his physical power. McNair was as tough as most LBs and seemed to enjoy running guys over as much as simply eluding them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somedude Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Mac is still my favorite Titan ever. He's the reason 9 is my favorite number. That toughness and never quit old-school attitude. Marcus has more talent and I wouldn't like to see him take risks on the run but I do miss that style of play on this team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmmmbeeer Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 I love McNair as much as the next guy but, no, he was never anywhere close to as talented passing the ball as Rodgers has been over his career. Of course, Rodgers can never be the physically imposing player McNair was, either. I just think it's a bad comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 16 minutes ago, Starkiller said: McNair was never the playmaker as a passer that Rodgers is. I actually think Russell Wilson is closer to that guy than McNair was. But, at the same time, as hard as it is to bring down Wilson, McNair was tougher to bring down. Wilson has Steve's slipperiness, but not his physical power. McNair was as tough as most LBs and seemed to enjoy running guys over as much as simply eluding them. I tend to agree. McNair was no Rogers in the passing game. He is more Russel like, the difference being McNair tended to power his way out of tackles whereas Russel tends to slink his way out of tackles. Both has/had an exceptional ability to know when it coming, and made the moves to escape it. That was what I was reminded of in the Seahawks game. The frustration it is for opposing teams/fans to get pressure on, but not be able to sack the QB. McNair and Russel may not be top notch passers, but holy shit do they have the ability to make plays out of what should be completely dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxTitan Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Favorite Titan of all time. Dude was a warrior. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 McNair was raw, but one of the reasons he seemed to stay that way was because we lacked initiative to get him the perimeter guys he forever needed. Even when Randy Moss fell into our fucking laps we elect to draft Dyson. Imagine Moss and Mason side by side for years. We would have won SB34 going away and probably would have won at least one or two more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaddKarma Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 McNair was complete and total stud. He and the Titans were one dumbness personnel move away from winning a Super Bowl. "Kevin fkn Dyson. One Yard". Could have had Randy Moss and the Titans would have a ring and who knows what else... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flarb Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Jamalisms said: McNair is as removed from Rodgers as VY is from McNair. Sorry. You're a goddamn cunt. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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