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ESPN has been using Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman as a studio analyst for the last two days, and here's what he said about the latest Patriots cheating allegations:
ESPN likes to bring in various active players as analysts during the off-season, but Merriman was the wrong choice for this role for two reasons.
The first is that, frankly, he wasn't particularly coherent in his analysis. Even after watching that clip multiple times, I'm not sure exactly how he feels about Patriotgate.
But more importantly, let's not forget that Merriman himself has been caught cheating: He served a four-game suspension in 2006 for using steroids. The vast majority of players in the NFL have never been caught cheating, and if ESPN is going to bring in an active player to discuss other allegations of cheating, it would make much more sense to bring in one of the players from that vast majority, not one of the small minority who has cheated.
If Merriman wants to stipulate from the outset that he himself has cheated and address the situation facing the Patriots from that perspective, that would be different. But Merriman shouldn't be hired to discuss allegations of cheating if his own history of cheating is going to be ignored.
Shawne Merriman Was the Wrong Choice to Discuss Patriots' Cheating Allegations
Mar 11, 2008 – 10:59 AM
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