anybody else hear about this

Shawne Merriman could be a San Francisco 49er
EmailPrint..By San Jose Mercury News san Jose Mercury News – Mon Oct 18, 11:37 am ET


Daniel Brown

While college teammates at Maryland, tight end Vernon Davis and linebacker Shawne Merriman waged daily battles that became legendary on the practice field.

Now, they might get a rematch in Santa Clara.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Sunday that the 49ers are likely to put a claim on Merriman when the San Diego Chargers waive the three-time Pro Bowler at outside linebacker. The Chargers put Merriman on the injured reserve list Wednesday with a calf-injury and a "minor injury" designation. He will be released when he is healthy.



Once considered one of the best defensive players in the game, Merriman had 39.5 sacks over his first three seasons starting in 2005, despite missing four games in 2006 for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

But he has had only four sacks in the three seasons since and developed a contentious relationship with Chargers general manager A.J. Smith.

Merriman's contract pays him $3,269,000 this season. ESPN's report said that Merriman, who has battled calf and Achilles problems this year, could be healthy enough to play by the end of the month.

-- The 49ers had only nine players line up for a field-goal try with 8:37 to play in the first half. That left them short two blockers -- the so-called "wings" on the outside of the line. On the radio broadcast, analyst Gary Plummer was blunt in assessing the error: "You don't even see that in a preseason game."The 49ers called a timeout and, after consideration, dispatched the punt team instead


Don't know if this would be good or bad for us??

Uh, it's only all over this website.

http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/thread.php?num=147601

Until there is official word, it belongs there^^^in NFL Talk.