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Originally Posted by notorious
It was on FoxSports, Yahoosports, and ESPN when the failed test took place.
Why are you defending him? He has been an injured Moeaki style since he got off the juice.
If a Chiefs player got busted, I would call him a dumbass and hang my head because his performance will most definately decline.
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I think Merriman is a good player, and I think the photo was photoshopped. Read this:
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MERRIMAN PHOTO WAS DOCTORED . . . BY THE CHARGERS?
We think we've finally figured out the mystery of the Merriman photo.
It was doctored. But not by us. Or by anyone looking to discredit Merriman. Instead, it was doctored by the Chargers, or by the league.
Merriman, as you might recall, stayed away from the Chargers' offseason workouts and minicamps in 2005, supposedly because he didn't like the terms of the team's injury guarantee.
But a headshot was needed, and it appears that Merriman's head and neck were grafted onto the body of the headshot generated by defensive tackle Jamal Williams.
So why was Williams wearing No. 97? Our understanding is that the team typically leaves several jerseys in the room where the pictures are taken, and that one of them in 2005 was No. 97.
None of this changes the fact that Merriman's face and neck are noticeably smaller than they were whenever the photo was taken, or that Merriman is smaller in his 2007 photo than he is in 2006.
Regardless, the apparently doctored image was used as Merriman's official headshot for 2005. Here it is on NFL.com. And also on the Getty Images site. We posted below a copy of the page from the 2005 media guide.
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picture of Jamal Williams:
//i44.photobucket.com/albums/f6/matilack/Williams2005.jpg
picture of Merriman from his Senior picture at Maryland:
//i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/underseth/yeah/merriman1.jpg
You do the math. The gross difference in his size is extremely exaggerated by that bogus comparison picture.