Last year Shawne Merriman had 17 sacks in 12 games; this year he has 5.5 through ten. Granted, sacks aren't the sole indicator of a good season for an edge rusher, but it's safe to say that he isn't having the best season of his career, regardless of what he's saying publicly.
In a related development, Pro Football Talk paired up a photo of Merriman from May 2005 (before he was caught for steroids) with another photo taken two years later, after his steroid suspension. And… you're never gonna believe this, but the beast who got a ton of sacks in '05 and '06 has no neck and gigantic shoulders, while the guy who got blown up by Maurice Jones-Drew looks like he lost about 20 pounds of muscle.
So, what did we learn from all this? Well, for one, steroids make you stronger. And also that Shawne Merriman did steroids. And halting your steroid use results in the loss of muscle. That's three things we never knew before today! Wow! Pro Football talk really does break all the best NFL news!
FACT-Y UPDATE: Looks like PFT screwed the pooch yet again. In other news, Terry Bradshaw is still alive and Brett Favre is still playing. Pity.
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I can't think of anything funny to say. The only thing that keeps coming to mind is 'Holy shit.'
Look at the difference in the shoulders.
So where's the picture of his 05' nutsack compared to the 07' nutsack? Until I have seen that contrast, I shall sit here in skepticism.
Brady Quinn's wonders why he's not getting bigger after all the shots in the ass he takes…
I didn't realize what steroids could do for skin complexion. I think I just found as good a reason as any to shrink my balls.
It's nice to see he now has room for a tattoo on his neck after it shrunk.
Why did they make him take a picture with his shoulder pads on?
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-Larry King
I have been convinced, thanks to 289's savvy detective work.
Maybe he just got fed up with how "society" only wants to see strong, athletic masculine football players and decided to take a page out of Jeff Garcia's play book.
Do steroids make your goatee bigger too?
Wow, look what steroids does to your skin pigment. I think I'm gonna invest in some steroids. Not only will they make me stronger but they'll give me a sweet tan as well.
Will steroids make my stash bigger?
- Adam Morrison
More proof: A man on steroids would NEVER forgo a goatee for the Brazilian job on his face currently.
Even his goatee is thinner in the post-roids pic. Man, those things make everything bigger (nads excluded)
@Weed: I love the San Antonio Spurs, by the way, if you're betting on the NBA this year
Merriman's falloff has more to do with the departure of noted coaching genius Wade Fucking Phillips.
Also, NFL players should be required to use steroids.
Most noticeably, Shawn has stopped his cycle of pouring cheap champagne on ho's in clubs.
Steroids make you black. Bonds may have been white this whole time, so there goes the race card out the window Bonds.
it's exactly like Lattimer from The Program….he got off the juice and got run over by a running back……"DING MOTHER FUCKING DONG!"
So was that Jamal Williams' nutsack too?
Sorry but the first photo is hads been obviously PHOTOSHOPED I work as a graphic designer and it is easy to see Merrimans head has been placed on someone elses shoulders…its not even a good fake either…you can easily see the blurring of the collar line at the neck.