How the hell is Steve McNair on the bubble?!?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=halloffame/nfl1-10

What's with ESPN.com's page 2 "Cantonized" listing the 50 current players who will make the HOF? That list is whack, straight whack.

Steve McNair is on the bubble? You gotta be kidding me! And guys like Matt Leinart and Anquan Boldin are in the top 50? I'm confused.

The question that should be posed: If so and so suffered a career ending injury today, would he be inducted into the Hall of Fame?

Steve McNair. Yes.

 

Steve McNair? HOF?

Seriously?

 

Ummm ... why not? He has an MVP. Is there an NFL MVP who isn't in Canton?

 

One good season doesn't equate to a HoF career.

And no, I don't have McNair's number memorized. But never have I thought he was one of the top 3-4 QBs at any time of his career.

 

McNair? Right after Dave Krieg...

 

Year Team G GS Att Comp Pct Yds YPA Lg TD Int Tkld 20+ 40+ Rate
1995 Houston Oilers 4 2 80 41 51.3 569 7.11 53 3 1 6/63 8 2 81.7
1996 Houston Oilers 9 4 143 88 61.5 1197 8.37 83 6 4 9/45 15 5 90.6
1997 Tennessee Oilers 16 16 415 216 52.0 2665 6.42 55 14 13 31/190 36 5 70.4
1998 Tennessee Oilers 16 16 492 289 58.7 3228 6.56 47 15 10 33/176 41 3 80.1
1999 Tennessee Titans 11 11 331 187 56.5 2179 6.58 65 12 8 16/74 26 6 78.6
2000 Tennessee Titans 16 15 396 248 62.6 2847 7.19 56 15 13 24/141 31 5 83.2
2001 Tennessee Titans 15 15 431 264 61.3 3350 7.77 71 21 12 37/251 51 10 90.2
2002 Tennessee Titans 16 16 492 301 61.2 3387 6.88 55 22 15 21/121 35 6 84.0
2003 Tennessee Titans 14 14 400 250 62.5 3215 8.04 73 24 7 19/108 46 11 100.4
2004 Tennessee Titans 8 8 215 129 60.0 1343 6.25 37 8 9 13/95 10 0 73.1
2005 Tennessee Titans 14 14 476 292 61.3 3161 6.64 57 16 11 20/134 29 7 82.4
2006 Baltimore Ravens 16 16 468 295 63.0 3050 6.52 87 16 12 14/84 33 3 82.5
TOTAL 155 147 4339 2600 59.9 30191 6.96 87 172 115 243/1482 361 63 83.2
Rushing
Year Team G GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD 20+ 1st
1995 Houston Oilers 4 2 11 38 3.5 13 0 0 2
1996 Houston Oilers 9 4 31 169 5.5 24 2 1 18
1997 Tennessee Oilers 16 16 101 674 6.7 47 8 9 50
1998 Tennessee Oilers 16 16 77 559 7.3 71 4 4 38
1999 Tennessee Titans 11 11 72 337 4.7 38 8 1 34
2000 Tennessee Titans 16 15 72 403 5.6 25 0 4 23
2001 Tennessee Titans 15 15 75 414 5.5 24 5 3 31
2002 Tennessee Titans 16 16 82 440 5.4 26 3 4 29
2003 Tennessee Titans 14 14 38 138 3.6 23 4 1 9
2004 Tennessee Titans 8 8 23 128 5.6 23 1 1 11
2005 Tennessee Titans 14 14 32 139 4.3 19 1 0 12
2006 Baltimore Ravens 16 16 45 119 2.6 19 1 0 16
TOTAL 155 147 659 3558 5.4 71 37 28 273

 

Where is Rodney Peete in this discussion?

 

I have no idea what those numbers mean without the column headers.

 

Fixed.

 

I think Leinart on that list questions the integrity of it a little bit, considering he starter what, seven or eight games last season? There has to be some sort of prerequisite aside from being in the NFL; maybe three to five years' experience.

 

Jamal Lewis should have had consideration for MVP over Peyton and McNair that year. He nearly broke the single-season rushing record and played an important role on the Ravens, who had no other good player. Peyton always has people, McNair had a good receiving tandem. Lewis had nobody around him that year.

 

No other good offensive player, aside from Ogden.