I have been really hesitant to write this blog but I feel like I have to. On the fourth of July 2009 I lost a fellow soldier, a fellow teammate and a friend... Steve McNair. Steve you will be deeply missed bro... All I know when it comes to Steve McNair are Good Things!!! I have nothing bad to say! I cannot imagine anyone wanting to take his life. This whole thing comes as a huge shock to me. When I heard the news I was sitting in my living room packing with my wife!!! My phone started ringing off the hook with text messages and phone calls from reporters and friends around the league. I just could not stomach that this was true. I had just gotten back from Florida at the Rookie Symposium and this was the last thing I needed to hear. The two years you gave us here in Baltimore were two that I will never forget. We had one winning season and one losing season... But those two years were two of the best I have ever experienced. We had a lot of ups and downs as a team!!! In those two seasons you showed me exactly what a leader should be like. You led this team/ offense into battle every week with confidence, not with a lot of words but with your actions. In your 2 years here there was so much excitement amongst the team. We felt as though we had everything we needed now. All we were missing was just one more fighter. We knew we were headed to the Super Bowl because we were getting one of the best quarter backs to ever play the game. You showed us just how important that position is to a team!!! Before you we fell on our face 3 years in a row... with you we went 13 and 3!! All I keep seeing is your smile. All I keep hearing is your voice saying "Hey Buddy". You have always showed an undrafted free agent from App State so much love. Thank you for the many locker room talks about life, family, football and finances!!! Thank you for making me a better player, a smarter player and a better man... Thank you for so many great memories on and off the football field!!! Thank you for an opportunity to dream. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to see the city of Baltimore come alive!!! If it wasn't for you I would of never seen this city painted purple!!! I know it takes a whole team to win games... Yes I know this, all I'm saying is that you were that missing link that we needed!!! I remember you saying that the city of Baltimore made you feel like you had been drafted all over again!!! Well you had me playing football like my old self again!!! Thank You!!! Thank you for being a friend! Thank you for being a class act!!! Thank you my brother for everything. You did so much for the communities in Baltimore while you were here and so much for the communities of Tennessee while you were on this earth. I had a chance to play with one of the best QB's of all time! "Steve from the bottom of my heart you will be missed..." Another athlete, man, father, husband, son, cousin, brother, uncle taken too soon. My prayers go out to his entire family!!! Samari Rolle, Derrick Mason, Ray Lewis, are all some of Steve's closest friends... "Morn him My brothers, remember him as we all knew him smiling and full of spirit!!! May the Lord embrace you with open arms!!! Rest In Peace My Friend"....
