Just how good is Shawne Merriman?

By Robert Rousseau  |   Tuesday, August 29, 2006  |  Comments( 11 )

 San Diego Chargers
There will never, ever be another Lawrence Taylor. Despite this fact, every time another athletic pass-rushing outside linebacker comes into the NFL, people start trying to compare them to him. Derrick Thomas was supposed to be the next Lawrence Taylor; Junior Seau was supposed to be the next Lawrence Taylor; low and behold, even Taylor's ...
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CommentsComments: 11
 No.1
Mykle Van Hausen		 05:13 PM
08/30/2006
LT schmell T. If you let some of the LBs you mentioned snort a few grams of coke, steroids and god knows what else before stepping onto the feild I'm sure you'd see some big hits too. LT was a drugged out freak who should NEVER be allowed into the HOF. I hope he's clean and fine now, but like Bonds, the Raider line at the turn of the century or that jerk who "won" the tour de France, they should be shunned instead of lauded.
Cheaters demean us ALL!
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Big Wally - Las Vegas		 05:47 PM
08/30/2006
I'm Not a Giants fan but you're right on the money w/ LT. He was better than Ray Lewis, and all you mentioned. In 50 years they'll be saying "Yeah he's good but You should have seen LT." Nobody but nobody is better. The Big 3 - LT, Butkus, Nitchke.
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Mykle Van Hausen		 06:54 AM
08/31/2006
Mykle, I agree. Any type of drug induced enhancement taints the sport, but whomever your favorite athlete is, is probably just as guilty. Using a little or a lot just change the degree of guilt. I was a Raphael Palmeiro fan. Nice guy, you wouldn't ever think he would have done such a thing. Needless to say, I lost all respect for him now. Now I wait for the day that I lose respect for my new favorite player. Michael Young.
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