Archives for August 21, 2012

‘I think he struggled a little. But first off, let me say this-he can play. He did everything. He has been healthy since OTAs. He had not missed anything. He is very attentive in meetings. He has worked hard at practice and he has played, in spots, really well during the games. He is a hard worker; he has done everything he could do. We think we have been patient but there comes a point where we felt like we needed to move on and look down the road. These young guys will get a shot.’

‘”I think he struggled a little,” said Nix. “He can play. He did everything. He’s been healthy since OTAs. He hasn’t missed anything. He’s very attentive in meetings. He’s worked hard in practice, and he’s played really good in spots in the games. He’s a hard worker and he’s done everything he could do. We think we’ve been patient, but there comes a point where we felt like we needed to move on and look down the road so these young guys will get a shot.”‘

‘The writing appeared to be on the wall in last Friday night’s game at Minnesota. Merriman, who had been running with the second team defense all summer, did not line up with that unit initially. Mark Anderson and Kyle Moore both got more time with the second group than Merriman, who played with both the second and third string units in the game.’