Veteran quarterback Steve McNair will officially announce his retirement from a stellar 13-year career at a press conference at Ravens headquarters in Owings Mills, Md. at 1:00 p.m. today.
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/News/Articles/2008/04/Press_Release_-_Steve_McNair_Retirement.aspx
According to his agent, Bus Cook, McNair had only expressed a desire to retire in the past couple of days. He had been training hard during the offseason, doing a lot of weightlifting and running to help his legs. At the NFL owners meeting, new Ravens coach John Harbaugh praised McNair for his hard work and indicated he had lost about 10 pounds from last season.
On Wednesday, McNair and Cook discussed the retirement possibilities and the veteran quarterback said he was going to inform the team Thursday about retiring.
McNair announced his decision to teammates at a packed meeting prior to the Ravens' workouts Thursday morning.
"Steve is just really tired," Cook said. "He just didn't think he had the energy to keep it going."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3351086
I figure this is something worth pointing out. (And then there were two?)
Goodbye Steve. I'll always remember you as that guy with whom we greatly overacheived for a season, before coming hard back to Earth in the playoffs. Titans fans will probably be a tad more wistful.
