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1.     Merriman, who said last monthmbt shoes on NFL Network that he feels “a bit underappreciated” by the Chargers, hasn’t signed his first- and third-round tender worth $3.27 million. Under the old salary-cap rules, the five-year NFL veteran could have shopped his services on the open market, but the uncapped 2010 season brought the threshold for unrestricted free agency from four years to six. That made Merriman a restricted free agent.

Merriman told the Union-Tribune on Thursday that “I’m not in a perfect situation, but I can make it the best situation,” and he isn’t sure if he’ll attend next week’s three-day minicamp.

“I think it’s important to be there in the offseason,” Merriman said, “but there is a bunch of things goin wholesale mbt shoes g on that have to be sorted out in order for things to go forward.”