A lot going on

A lot is going on in my sports world, in a time when normally baseball is the only sport I'm focused on. Steve McNair just decided to retire, UMD Men's basketball just signed a great, but baggage filled guard (and there seems to be an odd man out), the O's are still contending, and Terps football just signed a very good QB for the class of 2009. Whew! All of this going on while I'm trying to buy a house!

I'll try to get to more things later, but for now, I'll stick to the shocker of the day, Steve McNair deciding to retire. McNair had been training all off season and from everything I heard, was in great shape going into this season. Since Steve is such a competitor, I don't think anyone expected him to want to finish his career on such a sour note. This puts the Ravens in a very interesting position - what do they do at QB next year? Do they now go with Boller and have Smith as their back up? Or go with Smith and have Boller as the back up? Do they use both QBs? Since several players on this team (Ray Lewis, McCalister, Rolle...) are nearing the end of their prime, I don't think the Ravens want to go into quasi rebuilding mode here and start a rookie QB. That doesn't mean they won't draft one with the 8th pick. But the Ravens playoff hopes might have just taken a big hit unless Boller or Smith can carry this team next year.