Shawne Merriman

Outside linebacker Shawne Merriman(notes), already one of the most-feared players in the NFL, was placed on the afflicted assets account because of a dogie abrasion and a “minor-injury designation” on Wednesday. Merriman have to be appear already he’s healthy, the aggregation said.
Technically, the Chargers could re-sign the arguable player. That about absolutely won’t happen, though, because accepted administrator A.J. Smith hasn’t been a fan of Merriman’s celebrity-leaning lifestyle. Known as “Lights Out” because of his once-ferocious hits, Merriman had 39 1/2 sacks in his aboriginal three seasons. He’s had alone four in the three seasons back again due to a array of injuries.
He was abeyant for four amateur in 2006 afterwards testing absolute for steroids. Even missing the four games, he had 17 sacks that year. Merriman abhorrent the absolute analysis on a attenuated supplement, which he never identified.
He aswell brought exceptionable absorption off the field. He was arrested just afore the 2009 division afterwards absoluteness television brilliant Tila Tequila accused him of array and apocryphal imprisonment at his burghal San Diego home. No accuse were filed, and Merriman and Tequila acclimatized dueling lawsuits.
Merriman absent a lot of of the 2008 division afterwards ability reconstructive knee surgery. He had four sacks endure year as he approved to achieve his accent form. Afterwards sitting out a lot of offseason workouts and allotment of training affected to beef his arrangement status, he was slowed by an Achilles’ abrasion and again a dogie injury.
He had alone 5 tackles and no sacks in bound activity this year.
Smith didn’t acknowledgment a alarm gluttonous comment.
Merriman, who’s been on the trading block for some time, beneath to animadversion if contacted via e-mail.
However, a arranger appear a account in which Merriman was quoted as saying, “I am abutting this bearings as an befalling to abound as a amateur and to accompany my administration and talents to a new organization. I am accessible for the next affiliate in my career and I am aflame about the befalling to abide my adventure with a new team.”
Coach Norv Turner said he doesn’t anticipate Merriman’s contempo injuries were accompanying to his knee anaplasty two years ago.