Steve McNair is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places McNair in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McNair's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Steve McNair

3× Pro BowlTop 15% all-time QBsIron Man📉 Fades · -20% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001 Team Carrier · #143

Height6'2"

Weight230 lb

BornFeb 14, 1973

Age53

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

45thPassing Yards·31,218 yds 55thPassing Touchdowns·174

Postseason all-time ranks

30thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·6 38thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,736 yds

Career Value · VORP

217 career value over replacement — #316 all-time of 4,649. 19.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 1995 · -0.4 vs expected KV-H

61actual

61.4 expected · Δ−0.4

💔+28.4 stolen VORP·1.69 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 217 · #316 · Elite

Worth 217 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 8% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.7

Avg surplus

peak +28

10 seasons × ~21.7 surplus ≈ VORP 217

Steve McNair

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Career Value · VORP