McNair To Sit Out Rest Of Season
Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair will miss the final three games of the season and undergo surgery to strengthen the bruised sternum that has plagued him most of the year. Coach Jeff Fisher said they reached the decision Friday morning. Fisher said a chief consideration is that McNair, the NFL's co-MVP last season, will need the surgery even if he never plays again to fix the damage caused by three injuries to his sternum. "Basically, Steve does not have a solid bony surface throughout the length of his sternum," Fisher said. "There's an area in there that's cartilage. McNair recovered fairly quickly from that injury, taking off a bye week, then not starting the next game in September 2000. But he came off the bench and pulled out a victory at Pittsburgh and didn't have pain from the injury after that season. But he bruised his sternum Sept. 26, an injury that put him in hospital for two nights. He has aggravated the injury twice more, causing him to miss five games and parts of two others this season for the struggling Titans (4-9).
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McNair might be done, he was talking about spending more time with his kids (being able to play catch with them without being in pain) just a few weeks ago