Shawne Merriman done for the year

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the big names continue to fall

merriman will have that season ending surgery on his knee

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3578588

his joints were probably weakened from all the roids

[oregonpackfan]

This is the best thing for him ,IMO, rather than trying to play through the season on partially torn knee ligaments. The young man could have his career ended rather than just lose a season.