NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The hit Steve McNair took to his thorax in September 2000 had the NFL quarterback agreeable to retire from the also meet that caused him so much pain, so much that he fagged out a bye weekend with the team's ancient chaplain in Houston. Then McNair, who struggled to breathe, watched his backup knocked out of the Titans' next game. "He turned and looked at me and winked," Titans tutor Jeff Fisher recalled most recent darkness at a monument overhaul for the slain quarterback.
"He grabbed a ball, threw it twice and ran on the field. "Four plays later, he throws a touchdown outmoded to Erron Kinney and we be victorious by three points." Fisher said he caught up to McNair walking off the meadow that epoch in Pittsburgh and started to denigrate when the quarterback interrupted and keen to the sky. "No more sward toe, no more sacks. No more elbow problems, and no more interceptions, only touchdown passes. I'm affluent to error you No. 9," Fisher said.
McNair's family, friends, ci-devant teammates and coaches gathered definitive vespers along with thousands of fans to reminisce over his accomplishments on and off the field. Fans lined up starting yesterday matinal to vision McNair's closed silvery-grey receptacle at a inhumation snug harbor and later best the church. A helicopter provided be TV footage as McNair's body was moved by hearse, and three of four state TV stations showed the plaque repair live. McNair, who was married, was missile to downfall at his condo Saturday by his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, who then pellet herself.
Eddie George, who helped McNair haul the Titans to their lone Super Bowl in 2000, was amid the pallbearers along with four of the quarterback's past foetid linemen. George said he doesn't ruminate they will ever indeed get over McNair's death.
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