He is running a massive risk of blowing his whole knee out. I know he is in a contract year, but he is being foolish taking such a risk with his entire career.

But agree with the other posters about the wisdom of the move.

DaBolts – would love to hear your opinion as a Chargers fan.

run plays right at him

Merriman has worn (or is going through the process of wearing) out his welcome in SD. Either way, it would have to be a HUGE miracle for him to eclipse even 70% of his numbers from last year, in fact, I would propose that a 60% to 70% Merriman is not nearly as good for SD as a 100% Tucker or Harris.

This is huge for the AFC West. I’d rather have an injured Merriman than a healthy Tucker or Harris on the field anytime, anyplace.

I have to think Shanny would shut him down if Merriman was a Bronco.

I can’t believe he would be this stupid, this is nothing like the Phylis Rivers thing, that was one game and a chance to go to the Super Bowl, he wants to risk his career over 16 games, and it’s not like people aren’t going to be targeting his legs and knees, he basically is telling everyone, come wreck my career. That isn’t guts, that is stupidity at it’s best. I am guessing after week two his season and career will be over.

I don’t want Phyliss to have any excuses when we emabarrass his merriman in week two!

because with an unstable knee like his one hit and his career will be over. I think this could be stemming from what he saw Rivers do in the AFCCG and what people were saying about LT that leads him to this. Maybe he wants to remain in the spotlight. For whatever his reason is…….it’s totally stupid and the risk outweighs the reward

The Chargers have allready signed his backup to about $6 million guaranteed money so you know his days are numbered. He should get surgery to repair the knee and come out next year and show what he’s got because nobody will want him if his knee gets worse.

I am amazed that the San Diego Chargers wouldn’t be telling him he is going on the IR and see him next year, to allow your best player on defense and someone who has had as big of an impact on that organization as LT, to risk or basically throw his career away for the chance that he may be able to go to the Super Bowl is crazy. The only thing I can think is that the Doctors have told him his knee is basically shot and that he looks at it as he won’t be playing next year either way, so why not risk it.

I hate the thought of any player, even a raider, getting hurt. I personaly can’t stand Merriman, but he’s a human being. He’s also young and foolish, and his team’s leadership (owner and coach) are idiots for not forcing him to sit with an IR.

As for running plays at him, I’m afraid that’s well within good ethics. If the team (and worse, the individual) presents a weakness to an opposing team, it’s an invitation. No illegal hits or cheap shots, but just simple scheming. An OL or a run blocking RB needs to be put on Merriman every play. This is called a “jack”, as in “(insert play name)…(player’s jersey number) jack (player’s jersey number)”. After this, every call only needs to name the changed jersey number of the player doing the jacking.

Someone in the SD organization needs to pull his head out and protect this kid from himself. If Merriman gets hurt, I’ll be blaming the coaching staff and the ownership.