Chargers' Merriman will forgo surgery, play with knee injury

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Originally Posted by saden1

When you have two ligaments tears you don't need a doctor to tell you it's not a good thing. It's given you should take care of them.

Well, yeah, of course.

I'm sure the team is going to monitor the situation very closely, and that he will receive daily treatment -- maybe even to the point where the knee improves as the season goes on. I don't think this is going to be a "lets push it until it breaks" kind of deal.