Titans to Honor Steve McNair This Season

The Tennessee Titans will honor Steve McNair with an No. 9 decal on their helmets for the upcoming season starting with the Hall of Fame game this weekend. Steve McNair a former Titans player who played 11 seasons and helped them get to the Super Bowl, was found shot to death by his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi, who then killed herself,on the July 4, 2009. The coaches and sideline personels will also have the option of wearing a No. 9 lapel pin.

"We felt this was an appropriate way to honor Steve McNair and the contributions he made to our franchise," Titans owner Bud Adams said in a statement. "We have other things planned for our fans to honor him and the McNair family."

McNair retired in April of 2008 after 13 seasons in the NFL, the last two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He was also inducted in the Titans' Ring of Honor in October of 2008, and the Titans fan has been petitioning online for the them to retire his number 9.

It is a little bit hard for me to write this blog because I do miss him a lot and maybe if he didn't have a crazy chick for a girlfriend he would still be here. I can't even imagine all the pain that his family is going thorugh. I mean seeing how Vince Young took it, just imagine how his sons are taking it. What mother would want to see her own child die before her. But, some of the pain of his passing goes away knowing that they will honor him and make sure no one forgets his name. And no motter what people say about him right now after all this and the side chick and whatever, Steve McNair was a true kind hearted man that put his love for people before himself. I guess God needed him more than we did right now. I hope not only does the Titans honor him, but the whole league honor him this season. So, No. 9 or SM better be on every single helmet this season or I will go off. R.I.P. STEVE MCNAIR