Steve McNair

Steve LaTreal McNair (Air)

Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 235 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 14, 1973 in Mt. Olive, MS
Died: July 4, 2009 in Nashville, TN
College: Alcorn St. (school history)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 100 (148th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #498. Dave Elmendorf… #499. Phil Simms… #500. Steve Grogan… #501. STEVE MCNAIR… #502. John Gilliam… #503. Dick Anderson… #504. Bill Stanfill…

All-Time Rank: #498. Dave Elmendorf… #499. Phil Simms… #500. Steve Grogan… #501. STEVE MCNAIR… #502. John Gilliam… #503. Dick Anderson… #504. Bill Stanfill…

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
1995	22	HOU	qb	9	4	2	2-0-0	41	80	51.3	569	3	3.8	1	1.3	53	7.1	7.3	13.9	142.3	81.7	6	63	5.88	6.06	7.0			2
1996	23	HOU	qb	9	9	4	2-2-0	88	143	61.5	1197	6	4.2	4	2.8	83	8.4	8.0	13.6	133.0	90.6	9	45	7.58	7.18	5.9			5
1997	24	TEN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	216	415	52.0	2665	14	3.4	13	3.1	55	6.4	5.7	12.3	166.6	70.4	31	190	5.55	4.87	7.0	1	1	15
1998	25	TEN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	289	492	58.7	3228	15	3.0	10	2.0	47	6.6	6.3	11.2	201.8	80.1	33	176	5.81	5.53	6.3	1	2	15
1999	26	TEN	QB	9	11	11	9-2-0	187	331	56.5	2179	12	3.6	8	2.4	65	6.6	6.2	11.7	198.1	78.6	16	74	6.07	5.72	4.6	2	2	10
2000*	27	TEN	QB	9	16	15	12-3-0	248	396	62.6	2847	15	3.8	13	3.3	56	7.2	6.5	11.5	177.9	83.2	24	141	6.44	5.76	5.7	3	3	13
2001	28	TEN	QB	9	15	15	7-8-0	264	431	61.3	3350	21	4.9	12	2.8	71	7.8	7.5	12.7	223.3	90.2	37	251	6.62	6.37	7.9	1	4	13
2002	29	TEN	QB	9	16	16	11-5-0	301	492	61.2	3387	22	4.5	15	3.0	55	6.9	6.4	11.3	211.7	84.0	21	121	6.37	5.91	4.1	4	4	15
2003*	30	TEN	QB	9	14	14	10-4-0	250	400	62.5	3215	24	6.0	7	1.8	73	8.0	8.5	12.9	229.6	100.4	19	108	7.42	7.81	4.5	1	2	14
2004	31	TEN	QB	9	8	8	3-5-0	129	215	60.0	1343	8	3.7	9	4.2	37	6.2	5.1	10.4	167.9	73.1	13	95	5.47	4.40	5.7	1	1	3
2005*	32	TEN	QB	9	14	14	4-10-0	292	476	61.3	3161	16	3.4	11	2.3	57	6.6	6.3	10.8	225.8	82.4	20	134	6.10	5.75	4.0	0	1	10
2006	33	BAL	QB	9	16	16	13-3-0	295	468	63.0	3050	16	3.4	12	2.6	87	6.5	6.0	10.3	190.6	82.5	14	84	6.15	5.70	2.9	3	3	10
2007	34	BAL	qb	9	6	6	2-4-0	133	205	64.9	1113	2	1.0	4	2.0	30	5.4	4.7	8.4	185.5	73.9	11	85	4.76	4.11	5.1			1
Career					161	153	91-62-0	2733	4544	60.1	31304	174	3.8	119	2.6	87	6.9	6.5	11.5	194.4	82.8	254	1567	6.20	5.81	5.3	17	23	126
11 yrs		HOU-TEN			139	131	76-55-0	2305	3871	59.5	27141	156	4.0	103	2.7	83	7.0	6.6	11.8	195.3	83.3	229	1398	6.28	5.91	5.6	14	20	115
2 yrs		BAL			22	22	15-7-0	428	673	63.6	4163	18	2.7	16	2.4	87	6.2	5.7	9.7	189.2	79.9	25	169	5.72	5.21	3.6	3	3	11

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1999 (3-1), 2000 (0-1), 2002 (1-1), 2003 (1-1), 2006 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 2002 (1),1999 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 2003 (1),2002 (1)

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1995	22	HOU	qb	9	4	2	2-0-0	80	109	99	119	111	77	98	132	94	105
1996	23	HOU	qb	9	9	4	2-2-0	143	141	142	128	130	116	104	106	104	119
1997	24	TEN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	415	94	95	95	96	82	93	101	100	91
1998	25	TEN	QB	9	16	16	8-8-0	492	96	100	102	104	108	90	116	105	103
1999	26	TEN	QB	9	11	11	9-2-0	331	97	103	101	105	97	96	112	114	101
2000*	27	TEN	QB	9	16	15	12-3-0	396	108	111	106	108	118	99	100	108	107
2001	28	TEN	QB	9	15	15	7-8-0	431	120	114	120	116	108	113	107	93	116
2002	29	TEN	QB	9	16	16	11-5-0	492	104	111	106	110	107	108	103	116	107
2003*	30	TEN	QB	9	14	14	10-4-0	400	123	126	129	131	110	123	124	113	126
2004	31	TEN	QB	9	8	8	3-5-0	215	90	92	86	88	102	96	82	106	91
2005*	32	TEN	QB	9	14	14	4-10-0	476	96	101	100	103	105	92	114	117	102
2006	33	BAL	QB	9	16	16	13-3-0	468	94	103	98	103	110	93	109	122	102
2007	34	BAL	qb	9	6	6	2-4-0	205	70	76	79	82	115	65	117	107	89
Career					161	153	91-62-0	4544	102	106	105	107	105	99	109	109	105

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1995	22	HOU	qb	9	4	2	11	38	0	13	3.5	9.5	2.8								38	0	3
1996	23	HOU	qb	9	9	4	31	169	2	24	5.5	18.8	3.4								169	2	7
1997	24	TEN	QB	9	16	16	101	674	8	47	6.7	42.1	6.3								674	8	16
1998	25	TEN	QB	9	16	16	77	559	4	71	7.3	34.9	4.8								559	4	5
1999	26	TEN	QB	9	11	11	72	337	8	38	4.7	30.6	6.5								337	8	3
2000*	27	TEN	QB	9	16	15	72	403	0	25	5.6	25.2	4.5								403	0	12
2001	28	TEN	QB	9	15	15	75	414	5	24	5.5	27.6	5.0								414	5	5
2002	29	TEN	QB	9	16	16	82	440	3	26	5.4	27.5	5.1								440	3	9
2003*	30	TEN	QB	9	14	14	38	138	4	23	3.6	9.9	2.7	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	142	4	12
2004	31	TEN	QB	9	8	8	23	128	1	23	5.6	16.0	2.9								128	1	5
2005*	32	TEN	QB	9	14	14	32	139	1	19	4.3	9.9	2.3								139	1	7
2006	33	BAL	QB	9	16	16	45	119	1	19	2.6	7.4	2.8								119	1	7
2007	34	BAL	qb	9	6	6	10	32	0	13	3.2	5.3	1.7								32	0	8
Career					161	153	669	3590	37	71	5.4	22.3	4.2	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.0	0.0	3594	37	99
11 yrs		TEN-HOU			139	131	614	3439	36	71	5.6	24.7	4.4	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.0	0.0	3443	36	84
2 yrs		BAL			22	22	55	151	1	19	2.7	6.9	2.5								151	1	15

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1995	22	HOU	qb	9	4	2							0	3	2	-2	0
1996	23	HOU	qb	9	9	4							0	7	4	0	0
1997	24	TEN	QB	9	16	16							0	16	7	-2	0
1998	25	TEN	QB	9	16	16							0	5	3	-7	0
1999	26	TEN	QB	9	11	11							0	3	1	0	0
2000*	27	TEN	QB	9	16	15							0	12	3	-31	0
2001	28	TEN	QB	9	15	15							0	5	1	-15	0
2002	29	TEN	QB	9	16	16							0	9	6	-22	0
2003*	30	TEN	QB	9	14	14							0	12	3	-5	0
2004	31	TEN	QB	9	8	8							0	5	1	0	0
2005*	32	TEN	QB	9	14	14							0	7	2	-1	0
2006	33	BAL	QB	9	16	16							0	7	3	-23	0
2007	34	BAL	qb	9	6	6							0	8	0	-3	0
Career					161	153							0	99	36	-111	0
11 yrs		HOU-TEN			139	131							0	84	33	-85	0
2 yrs		BAL			22	22							0	15	3	-26	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1996	23	HOU	qb	9	9	4	2	2		12
1997	24	TEN	QB	9	16	16	8	8		48
1998	25	TEN	QB	9	16	16	4	4		24
1999	26	TEN	QB	9	11	11	8	8		48
2001	28	TEN	QB	9	15	15	5	5		30
2002	29	TEN	QB	9	16	16	3	3	1	20
2003*	30	TEN	QB	9	14	14	4	4	1	26
2004	31	TEN	QB	9	8	8	1	1	1	8
2005*	32	TEN	QB	9	14	14	1	1		6
2006	33	BAL	QB	9	16	16	1	1		6
Career					161	153	37	37	3	228
11 yrs		TEN-HOU			139	131	36	36	3	222
2 yrs		BAL			22	22	1	1		6

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Roger Staubach*, Kordell Stewart, Derek Anderson, Gus Frerotte, Steve DeBerg, Michael Vick, Bert Jones, Jim Everett, Shaun King, Don Majkowski
4	Michael Vick, Ed Brown, Jim Everett, Mark Brunell, Boomer Esiason, Joe Montana*, Randall Cunningham, Tony Eason, Bernie Kosar, Ken Anderson
5	Randall Cunningham, Drew Brees, Troy Aikman, Jim Plunkett, Jay Cutler, Ed Brown, Marc Bulger, Michael Vick, Joe Montana, Mark Brunell
6	Carson Palmer, Drew Brees, Jim Everett, Bob Griese, Troy Aikman, Marc Bulger, Joe Namath*, Drew Bledsoe, Mark Brunell, Michael Vick
7	Aaron Brooks, Drew Brees, Jim Everett, Donovan McNabb, Bob Griese, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikman, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell
8	Donovan McNabb, Ken Anderson, Troy Aikman, Boomer Esiason, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Bob Griese, Mark Brunell, Steve Grogan
9	Donovan McNabb, Boomer Esiason, Drew Brees, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Bob Griese*
10	Terry Bradshaw, Boomer Esiason, Ken Stabler, Drew Bledsoe, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath*, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Drew Brees, Donovan McNabb
11	Terry Bradshaw, Bart Starr, Ken Stabler, Boomer Esiason, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Joe Namath, Drew Bledsoe, Donovan McNabb, Roger Staubach
12	Terry Bradshaw, Donovan McNabb, Bart Starr, Boomer Esiason, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikman, Ken Stabler, Roman Gabriel, Bob Griese, Mark Brunell
13	Donovan McNabb, Boomer Esiason, Ken Stabler, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman, Bart Starr*, Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Jim Everett
Career	Donovan McNabb, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Brunell, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman, Jim Everett, Boomer Esiason, Jim Kelly, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 2003 NFL AP MVP	Pro Bowls 2000 2003 2005	Approximate Value Career 126 (175)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 100 (148)
Passes Completed 1998 NFL 289 (6) 2002 NFL 301 (10) Career 2733 (24)	Pass Attempts 1998 NFL 492 (7) 2005 NFL 476 (10) Career 4544 (27)	Passing Yds 1998 NFL 3228 (10) 2002 NFL 3387 (10) Career 31304 (34)	Passing TD 2001 NFL 21 (9) 2002 NFL 22 (8) 2003 NFL 24 (7) Career 174 (53)
Passer Rating 2001 NFL 90.2 (5) 2003 NFL 100.4 (1/57) Career 82.8 (33)	Long Pass 1996 NFL 83 (4) 2006 NFL 87 (2)	Passes Intercepted 2002 NFL 15 (10) Career 119 (83)	Sacked Career 254 (57)
Sacked Yds Lost 2001 NFL 251 (7) Career 1567 (70)	Passing Yds/Game 2003 NFL 229.6 (8) Career 194.4 (54)	Yds/Pass Att 2001 NFL 7.8 (2) 2003 NFL 8.0 (1) Career 6.9 (105)	Yds/Pass Cmp 2001 NFL 12.7 (4) 2003 NFL 12.9 (1) Career 11.5 (191)
Pass Attempts/Game 1998 NFL 30.8 (10) 2005 NFL 34.0 (7) Career 28.2 (55)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 2001 NFL 7.49 (3) 2003 NFL 8.45 (1/48) Career 6.48 (49)	Net Yds/Pass Att 2001 NFL 6.62 (4) 2002 NFL 6.37 (9) 2003 NFL 7.42 (1/54) Career 6.20 (43)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1999 NFL 5.72 (8) 2001 NFL 6.37 (5) 2003 NFL 7.81 (1/26) Career 5.81 (28)
Passes Completed/Game 1998 NFL 18.1 (10) 2005 NFL 20.9 (6) Career 17.0 (47)	Pass Completion % 2000 NFL 62.6% (5) 2001 NFL 61.3% (8) 2003 NFL 62.5% (9) 2006 NFL 63.0% (7) Career 60.1% (35)	Pass Intercept. % 1998 NFL 2.0% (5) 1999 NFL 2.4% (4) 2003 NFL 1.8% (2/71) 2005 NFL 2.3% (10) 2006 NFL 2.6% (10) Career 2.6% (17)	Passing TD % 2001 NFL 4.9% (6) 2003 NFL 6.0% (2) Career 3.8% (151)
Sack % 1999 NFL 4.61% (7) 2002 NFL 4.09% (5) 2003 NFL 4.53% (8) 2005 NFL 4.03% (4) 2006 NFL 2.90% (2/48) Career 5.29% (35)	Game-Winning Drives 1998 NFL 2 (9) 1999 NFL 2 (9) 2000 NFL 3 (8) 2001 NFL 4 (4/78) 2002 NFL 4 (4/78) 2006 NFL 3 (5) Career 23 (32)	Comebacks 1999 NFL 2 (7) 2000 NFL 3 (2/100) 2002 NFL 4 (2/33) 2006 NFL 3 (5/100) Career 17 (38)	Rushing TD 1997 NFL 8 (9) 1999 NFL 8 (9) Career 37 (129)
Long Rush 1998 NFL 71 (7)	Yds/Rushing Att 1997 NFL 6.7 (1/14) Career 5.4 (10)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 3 (25)	Total Offense 1997 NFL 3149 (10) 1998 NFL 3611 (6) 2001 NFL 3513 (10) 2002 NFL 3706 (7) Career 33327 (20)
Fumbles 1997 NFL 16 (1/14) 2000 NFL 12 (3) 2003 NFL 12 (6) Career 99 (16)	Fumbles Recovered 1996 NFL 4 (6) 1997 NFL 7 (1/17) 2002 NFL 6 (2/45) 2006 NFL 3 (7) Career 36 (13)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
2003	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1995	22	4	QB	43		40
1996	23	9	QB	105		32
1997	24	16	QB	280	51	6	32
1998	25	16	QB	279	38	5	33
1999	26	11	QB	225		12	77
2000	27	16	QB	218		16
2001	28	15	QB	307	65	7	20
2002	29	16	QB	299	36	9	43
2003	30	14	QB	297	32	6	41
2004	31	8	QB	103		32
2005	32	14	QB	220		15
2006	33	16	QB	212		18
2007	34	6	QB	52		47
				2640	222

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Roger Staubach*, Kordell Stewart, Derek Anderson, Gus Frerotte, Steve DeBerg, Michael Vick, Bert Jones, Jim Everett, Shaun King, Don Majkowski
4	Michael Vick, Ed Brown, Jim Everett, Mark Brunell, Boomer Esiason, Joe Montana*, Randall Cunningham, Tony Eason, Bernie Kosar, Ken Anderson
5	Randall Cunningham, Drew Brees, Troy Aikman, Jim Plunkett, Jay Cutler, Ed Brown, Marc Bulger, Michael Vick, Joe Montana, Mark Brunell
6	Carson Palmer, Drew Brees, Jim Everett, Bob Griese, Troy Aikman, Marc Bulger, Joe Namath*, Drew Bledsoe, Mark Brunell, Michael Vick
7	Aaron Brooks, Drew Brees, Jim Everett, Donovan McNabb, Bob Griese, Steve Grogan, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikman, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell
8	Donovan McNabb, Ken Anderson, Troy Aikman, Boomer Esiason, Drew Brees, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Bob Griese, Mark Brunell, Steve Grogan
9	Donovan McNabb, Boomer Esiason, Drew Brees, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Bob Griese*
10	Terry Bradshaw, Boomer Esiason, Ken Stabler, Drew Bledsoe, Roger Staubach, Joe Namath*, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Drew Brees, Donovan McNabb
11	Terry Bradshaw, Bart Starr, Ken Stabler, Boomer Esiason, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Joe Namath, Drew Bledsoe, Donovan McNabb, Roger Staubach
12	Terry Bradshaw, Donovan McNabb, Bart Starr, Boomer Esiason, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Aikman, Ken Stabler, Roman Gabriel, Bob Griese, Mark Brunell
13	Donovan McNabb, Boomer Esiason, Ken Stabler, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Brunell, Troy Aikman, Bart Starr*, Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Jim Everett
Career	Donovan McNabb, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Brunell, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman, Jim Everett, Boomer Esiason, Jim Kelly, Drew Bledsoe, Joe Namath