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Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 03:53 PM
Swap a wr for Shawne Merriman.

We are loaded to the gills with wr, we need a linebacker.

It's a natural fit for both clubs.

Ziggy
08-06-2010, 03:59 PM
Merriman is coming off of an injury, has a strike for PED usage against him, and wants a huge contract. Pass.

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 04:01 PM
He isn't getting what he wants, he knows it.

And a mile better than anything we have got.

Lonestar
08-06-2010, 04:03 PM
another WAG

slim
08-06-2010, 04:06 PM
I would puke on my shoes.

I hate that guy.

Nomad
08-06-2010, 04:10 PM
I would puke on my shoes.

I hate that guy.

Agree.....minus puking in the shoes though!:D

LRtagger
08-06-2010, 04:10 PM
Yea thats what we need.

2 first round contracts at the position, one of the highest paid in the league at the position, and then make a trade for a guy who wants to be one of the highest paid in the league at the position. We would have $100+ million invested in OLB.

LRtagger
08-06-2010, 04:10 PM
I would puke on my shoes.



As long as they arent the Tebows

T.K.O.
08-06-2010, 04:18 PM
i'm pretty sure "tebow shoes" are pukeproof:beer:

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 04:23 PM
On Merriman,,,,,


What is rarely publicized is the fact that he has given hundreds of hours and more than $100,000 to charities. He quietly visits the homeless. Upon finding out a local shelter was about to close in 2007, he wrote a $7,500 check and spearheaded an effort by local businesses to keep it operating. There is so much more.



On a shelf in his bedroom are some, but not all, of the awards from his football career. Right next to them, even more prominently displayed, are a half-dozen plaques and proclamations from various organizations, including one from the Salvation Army proclaiming Merriman its Most Valuable Philanthropist for 2008.

“I always said if I was ever in a situation where I could help people, I would,” he said. “… I always knew I’d do more in this world than play football. I have so much to accomplish. I get labeled for having so many other things. … What people think doesn’t really affect me. They never had to walk in my shoes. But on the flip side, don’t label me. Be open-minded. Where I was from, you never get the chance to do the things I’ve done.”

Kevin Acee: (619) 293-1857; kevin.acee@uniontrib.com

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 04:26 PM
If the objective is to win, you get the best.

slim
08-06-2010, 04:28 PM
I am afraid his sack dance would gay up the defense...beyond repair.

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 04:30 PM
I am afraid his sack dance would gay up the defense...beyond repair.

__________________________________________________ _______________________________-

Yeah, who cares about winning.

LRtagger
08-06-2010, 04:30 PM
I guess no one else (including SD) wants to win then. :noidea:

honz
08-06-2010, 05:12 PM
What has he done since getting busted for steroids? Not much.

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 05:23 PM
First off....we don't owe Doom Elvis Dumervil’s five-year, $58.3 million contract extension includes $43 million worth of money that is guaranteed against injury. However, because the injury guarantees do not kick in until the first year of the extension — the 2011 season — there was speculation Thursday that the Broncos could escape those guarantees. If the team wanted to play financial hardball and waited for Dumervil to pass a physical after recovering from his injury, then released him before the 2011 season, those injury and other guarantees in the remainder of the contract would not be in effect. However, Broncos officials pointed out Thursday that if Dumervil were healthy and passed a physical, that would mean the Broncos would keep a player they coveted enough to sign to the deal, who has done the right things and who had, by that time, recovered from an injury that isn’t considered career-threatening.

Source Denver Post

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 05:34 PM
However, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has tried to distance the policy from being associated with the player, stating that Merriman tested clean on 19 of 20 random tests for performance-enhancing drugs since entering the league.[8]

At the start of his 2006 season after the 4 game suspension, Merriman again began his season with success, recording 3 sacks and an interception in his first 2 games. Merriman went on to record 8.5 sacks and make ESPN's midseason All-pro team,[9] prior to dropping an appeal against an NFL enforced 4 week suspension due to testing positive for steroids. In the 2006 regular season, Merriman led the league in sacks with 17 while playing only 12 games. He also added 4 forced fumbles to his career (2 against both the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos). Merriman finished third in the balloting for 2006 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year

Source Wiki

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 05:51 PM
Chargers | Shawne Merriman won't report to training camp
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:05 -0400

San Diego Chargers OLB Shawne Merriman will not report to training camp on time, reports Kevin Acee, of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Merriman said he is not looking for a long-term deal or a raise. Instead, he wants some assurances that he isn't going to be in limbo with the team.



Read more: http://www.kffl.com/player/11223/nfl#ixzz0vrw28SVb

broncobryce
08-06-2010, 06:21 PM
Merriman sucks -roids
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Sconnie Bronco
08-06-2010, 06:23 PM
Swap a wr for Shawne Merriman.

We are loaded to the gills with wr, we need a linebacker.

It's a natural fit for both clubs.

I like that youre thinking outside the box, but I want no part of Merriman.

Dirk
08-06-2010, 06:47 PM
Give it up Chop.....it's not going to happen. I looked into my cracked crystal ball.

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 06:55 PM
You guys are lost.

The guy passed 19 of 20 tests.

Then guaranteed clean.......he was number 3 in voting for defensive player of the year.

His knee?

It is year two.......the knee is fine......these things take time and we would be the beneficiaries.

Look, we have a big hole to fill, do we go backwards or forwards?

I say forwards.

dogfish
08-06-2010, 07:47 PM
If the objective is to win, you get the best.

well we certainly don't want that overrated bag of fail, then. . .


unless you fixed the flux capacitor on the delorean. . . .

Superchop 7
08-06-2010, 08:02 PM
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DeLorean DMC-12
Manufacturer DeLorean Motor Company
Production 1981–1982
2008–present
Assembly Dunmurry, Northern Ireland
Houston, Texas
Class Sports car
Body style(s) 2-door coupe
Layout RR layout
Engine(s) 2849 cc PRV V6
Transmission(s) 5-speed manual
3-speed automatic
Wheelbase 2,413 mm (95.0 in)
Length 4,216 mm (166.0 in)
Width 1,857 mm (73.1 in)
Height 1,140 mm (44.9 in) doors closed
1,961 mm (77.2 in) doors open
Curb weight 1,230 kg (2,712 lb)
Designer Giorgetto Giugiaro

A DeLorean DMC-12 with the gull-wing doors closed
A DeLorean DMC-12 from the front with the gull-wing doors openThe DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was originally manufactured in Northern Ireland by the DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981–1982. It is most commonly known simply as the DeLorean, as it was the only model ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 featured gull-wing doors with a fiberglass "underbody", to which non-structural brushed stainless steel panels were affixed. A modified version of the car became iconic for its appearance as a time machine in the Back to the Future film franchise.

The first prototype appeared in March 1976, and production officially began in 1981 (with the first DMC-12 rolling off the production line on January 21) at the DMC factory in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. During its production, several features of the car were changed, such as the hood (bonnet) style, wheels and interior. Approximately 9,000 [1] DMC-12s were made before production stopped in late 1982. Today, about 6,500 DeLorean Motor Cars are believed to still exist.[2] Texas entrepreneur Stephen Wynne started a separate company using the "Delorean Motor Company" name after acquiring the remaining parts inventory of DeLorean Motor Company. The company and factory stock were acquired privately in 1997 and made-to-measure new build cars can still be purchased[3]. The primary facility opened in 2008 in Humble, Texas. Additional facilities are currently located in Bonita Springs, Florida, Crystal Lake, Illinois, Bellevue, Washington, and Garden Grove, California. [4] The current Delorean Motor Company is not, and has never been, associated with the original company but supports owners of DeLorean cars.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Construction
2.1 Body
2.2 Suspension
3 Performance
4 Pricing
5 Production changes
5.1 Hood styles
5.2 Other changes
6 Right-hand drive models
7 Special DMC-12s
8 Return to production
9 Back to the Future
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 External links


[edit] History
In October 1976, the first prototype DeLorean DMC-12 was completed by William T. Collins, chief engineer and designer (formerly chief engineer at Pontiac). Originally, the car's rear-mounted power plant was to be a Citroën Wankel rotary engine, but was replaced with a French-designed and produced PRV (Peugeot-Renault-Volvo) fuel injected V6 because of the poor fuel economy of the rotary engine, an important consideration at a time of worldwide fuel shortages. Collins and DeLorean envisioned a chassis produced from a new and untested manufacturing technology known as Elastic Reservoir Moulding (ERM), which would lighten the car while presumably lowering its production costs. This new technology, for which DeLorean had purchased patent rights, was eventually found to be unsuitable.

These and other changes to the original concept led to considerable schedule pressures. The entire car was deemed to require almost complete re-engineering, which was turned over to engineer Colin Chapman, founder and owner of Lotus. Chapman replaced most of the unproven material and manufacturing techniques with those then employed by Lotus. The Backbone chassis is very similar to that of the Lotus Esprit. The original Giorgetto Giugiaro body design was left mostly intact, as were the distinctive stainless steel outer skin panels and gull-wing doors.

In an interview with James Espy of the resurrected DeLorean Motor Company in Texas, a drawing surfaced showing that the car was potentially to be called Z Tavio. John DeLorean's middle name and his son's first name were both Zachary while Tavio was his father's name and his son's middle name. Due to only sporadic documentation, there is little more that is currently known about the Z Tavio name and why it was ultimately rejected in favor of the DMC-12.[5]

DeLorean required $175 million to develop and build the motor company.[6] Convincing Hollywood celebrities such as Johnny Carson and Sammy Davis Jr to invest in the firm,[7][8] DeLorean eventually built the DMC-12 in a factory in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, a neighborhood a few miles from Belfast city centre. Construction on the factory began in October 1978, and although production of the DMC-12 was scheduled to start in 1979, engineering problems and budget overruns delayed production until early 1981. By that time, the unemployment rate was high in Northern Ireland and local residents lined up to apply for jobs at the factory. The workers were largely inexperienced, but were paid premium wages and supplied with the best equipment available. Most quality issues were solved by 1982 and the cars were sold from dealers with a 12 month, 12,000-mile (19,300 km) warranty and an available five-year, 50,000-mile (80,000 km) service contract.

The DeLorean Motor Company went bankrupt in late 1982 following John DeLorean's arrest in October of that year on drug trafficking charges. He was later found not guilty, but it was too late for the DMC-12 to remain in production. Approximately 100 partially assembled DMC's on the production line were completed by Consolidated International (now known as Big Lots). The remaining parts from the factory stock, the parts from the US Warranty Parts Center, as well as parts from the original suppliers that had not yet been delivered to the factory were all shipped to Columbus, Ohio in 1983–1984. A company called KAPAC sold these parts to retail and wholesale customers via mail order. In 1997, DeLorean Motor Company of Texas acquired this inventory.[9] There has also been a long-standing rumor that the body stamping dies were dumped into the ocean to prevent later manufacture. More recently, evidence emerged that the dies were used as weights on commercial ships.[10]

About 9,200 DMC-12s were produced between January 1981 and December 1982.[11] Almost a fifth of these were produced in October 1981. About 1,000 1982 models were produced between February and May 1982, and all of these cars had the VIN's changed after purchase by Consolidated International to make them appear as 1983 models. There are the 15XXX, 16XXX, and 17XXX VINs which were originally 10XXX, 11XXX and 12XXX VINs. Only twelve 12XXXX VIN cars still exist. These are the Wooler-Hodec right-hand drive cars (see below)

[edit] Construction
The DMC-12 features a number of unusual construction details, including gull-wing doors, unpainted stainless-steel body panels, and a rear-mounted engine.

[edit] Body
The body design of the DMC-12 was a product of Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital Design and is panelled in brushed SS304 stainless steel. Except for three cars plated in 24-karat gold, all DMC-12s left the factory uncovered by paint or clearcoat.[12] Painted DeLoreans do exist, although these were all painted after the cars were purchased from the factory. Several hundred DMCs were produced without stainless panels, for training workers, and are referred to as "black cars" or "mules", in reference to their black fiberglass panels instead of stainless, though these were never marketed. Small scratches in the stainless steel body panels can be removed with a non-metallic scouring pad (since metal pads can leave iron particles embedded in the stainless steel which can give the appearance of the stainless "rusting"), or even sandpaper.[13] The stainless steel panels are fixed to a glass-reinforced plastic (GRP, fiberglass) monocoque underbody. The underbody is affixed to a double-Y frame chassis, derived from the Lotus Esprit platform.

The unpainted stainless body creates challenges during restoration of the cars. In traditional automotive body repair, the panel is repaired to be as original ("straight") as possible and imperfections are sculpted back to form with body filler like Bondo or lead (body solder). This poses no problem (aside from originality) with most cars, as the filler will be hidden by the car's paint (for example, most new cars have filler hiding the seam where the roof meets the quarter panel). With an unpainted stainless body, the stainless steel must be reworked to exactly the original shape, contour and grain—which is a tremendously difficult job on regular steel (a dented or bent panel is stretched and a shrinking hammer or other techniques must be used to unstretch the metal) and even more difficult with stainless due to its tendency to work-harden. Furthermore, it is exceedingly difficult to paint stainless steel due to difficulties with paint adhesion. DeLorean envisioned that damaged panels would simply be replaced rather than repaired; each DeLorean service center today has at least one experienced body repair person on staff, and there are decades worth of new stainless panels still available in most instances.

Another novel feature of the DMC-12 is its gull-wing doors. The common problem of supporting the weight of gull-wing doors was solved by other manufacturers with lightweight doors in the Mercedes-Benz 300SL and an air pump in the Bricklin SV-1, although these designs had structural or convenience disadvantages. The DMC-12 features heavy doors supported by cryogenically preset torsion bars and gas-charged struts.[14] These torsion bars were developed by Grumman Aerospace (and built by Unbrako in the UK, a division of SPS Technologies of Jenkintown, PA) to withstand the stresses of supporting the doors.[15] A popular misconception of the DMC-12's gull-wing doors is that they require far more side clearance to open relative to ordinary side-hinge doors, such as when parked in a parking lot. In fact, the opposite is true: the DMC-12 requires far less clearance than side-hinge doors, and this can be physically demonstrated. This misconception of side clearance may stem from a misunderstood location of the hinge point of the doors by persons unfamiliar with DMC-12s. These doors, when opening, only require 11 inches (264 mm) clearance outside the line of the car, making opening and closing the doors in crowded spaces relatively easy. Much like the doors fitted to the Lamborghini Countach, the DMC-12 doors featured small cutout windows, because full-sized windows would not be fully retractable within the short door panels.[16][17]

[edit] Suspension
The underbody and suspension of the DMC-12 were based largely on the Lotus Esprit, with a four-wheel independent suspension, coil springs, and telescopic shock absorbers. The front suspension used double wishbones, while the rear was a multi-link setup. In its original development stages, the car is said to have handled quite well. Considering that Lotus's reputation was built largely on the handling prowess of the cars the company produced, the DMC-12's smooth ride wasn't a surprise. Unfortunately, changing U.S. government bumper height regulations required modifications to the suspension system and an increase in the vehicle's factory ride height, both of which had adverse effects on the car's handling capabilities. Many owners have subsequently replaced or modified the front springs to return the front height to the original design specification.


Steering was rack and pinion, with an overall steering ratio of 14.9:1, giving 2.65 turns lock-to-lock and a 35 ft (10.67 m) turning circle. DMC-12s were originally fitted with cast alloy wheels, measuring 14 in (356 mm) in diameter by 6 in (152 mm) wide on the front and 15 in (381 mm) in diameter by 8 in (203 mm) wide on the rear. These were fitted with Goodyear NCT steel-belted radial tires. Because the engine is mounted in the very rear of the vehicle, the DMC-12 has a 35%/65% front/rear weight distribution.[18]

The DMC-12 features power-assisted disc brakes on all wheels, with 10 in (254 mm) rotors front and 10.5 in (267 mm) rear.

[edit] Performance

The grey interior and manual transmission in a DMC-12John DeLorean had originally envisioned that the car would produce somewhere around 200 horsepower (150 kW), but eventually settled on a 170 horsepower (130 kW) output for the engine. However, United States emissions regulations required that parts such as catalytic converters be added to the vehicle before it could be sold there. This caused a 40 horsepower (30 kW) reduction to the vehicle's power output, a loss which seriously impeded the DMC-12's performance. When this combined with the suspension system changes, the US version was regarded as disappointing. DeLorean's comparison literature noted that the DMC-12 could achieve 0–60 mph (0–96 km/h) in 8.8 s, respectable for the early 1980s, but Road & Track magazine clocked the car at 10.5 s. It is possible that the factory performance numbers were achieved using a European-spec car with the 170 horsepower (130 kW) engine.[19]