Excerpts: McNair coverage from the Observer in 1995

From coverage leading up to the 1995 NFL draft:July 10, 1994It's still far too early to guess who the No. 1 pick might be, but some intriguing possibilities exist, including Michigan tailback Tyrone Wheatley, UCLA receiver J.J. Stokes, and quarterbacks Rob Johnson of Southern Cal and Steve McNair of Alcorn State.Sept. 25, 1994Legendary Grambling coach Eddie Robinson on playing against McNair:“He's not just a fly-by-night ball player. A lot of the things he did against us, the play never got to him from the bench; he just did it.”McNair, on playing with the game on the line: “When the pressure's on, give the ball to me, I feel like I can do it. … At that moment, my opinion of myself is nobody can stop me. Like Michael Jordan says the basketball goal is like a big bucket, the field to me is like a big pasture. Just me, my team and the other team. We've got the whole pasture to rip and run.”Upon learning that Panthers owner Jerry Richardso...