McNair Retiring

So Steve McNair has decided to finally hang up the cleats and band-aids. After the mess that was the 2007 season, I kind of saw this coming, but I'm still a little surprised, and a little sad, too. A part of me was hoping he'd get better and give Baltimore a repeat of the awesome 13-3 season we had in '06.

I don't think anyone can honestly say a bad thing about this guy. He was the face of the Titans for a decade, and the way they tell him to get lost is by locking him out of the team weight room. Way to stay classy, Tennessee. We appreciated him here in Bmore, though. I'm happy he didn't pull a Favre and make a huge spectacle out of the is he or isn't he decision.

One thing I'm fairly certain of is that with Brian Billick's exit, the Kyle Boller era is over in Baltimore, too. I'm confident he'll make an excellent Subway sandwich artist. We've got Troy Smith, who showed a lot in the split second he was allowed on the field last year, and word has it the Ravens plan to take a QB in the first round of next weekend's draft. I'm hopeful for the upcoming season, because it's not like it can get much worse than what we saw last year.

Here's the story on McNair's retirement from ESPN.