Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
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By Kevin Acee

<font class="newstext"> Shawne Merriman means to disrespect no man, but neither does he apologize for anything he says. </font>

<font class="newstext"> Let's just get right to it. That is, after all, what he does. </font>

<font class="newstext">"I have respect for Lawrence Taylor, Derrick Thomas, all the guys who did it for so long, and especially Junior Seau," Merriman said recently. "I enjoyed watching him as I was growing up. But I'm bigger and I'm stronger and I'm faster, and I can make more things happen. </font></blockquote>
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