Comments on: Shawne Merriman Has Season-Ending Surgery http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/shawne_merriman_elects_to_undergo_season-ending_surgery/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:40:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dodd http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/shawne_merriman_elects_to_undergo_season-ending_surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-512581 Dodd Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25132#comment-512581 Well, that quotation comes verbatim from the linked article on NFL.com. I watched part of the game and it accords with my observations (though I concede he may well have been a dervish when my TV was tuned to one of the other games). More than that I cannot say. Well, that quotation comes verbatim from the linked article on NFL.com. I watched part of the game and it accords with my observations (though I concede he may well have been a dervish when my TV was tuned to one of the other games). More than that I cannot say.

]]> By: Bill H http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/shawne_merriman_elects_to_undergo_season-ending_surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-512540 Bill H Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:11:35 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=25132#comment-512540 <blockquote>after he barely resembled the player</blockquote> I don't know who you are quoting here, but according to the San Diego sports writers he was the dervish of old. Despite the <em>fact</em> that he only made one tackle, they asserted that he was playing at full speed and was harrasing Carolina's quarterback all day and would have gotten multiple sacks but for that player's quick release. The quote you cited looked more accurate to me, but I don't get paid big bucks to write columns for a newspaper.

after he barely resembled the player

I don't know who you are quoting here, but according to the San Diego sports writers he was the dervish of old. Despite the fact that he only made one tackle, they asserted that he was playing at full speed and was harrasing Carolina's quarterback all day and would have gotten multiple sacks but for that player's quick release.

The quote you cited looked more accurate to me, but I don't get paid big bucks to write columns for a newspaper.

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