Always a pleasure to talk football with Maryland’s own Shawne Merriman, who comes home to discuss his burgeoning Lights Out Fights MMA business and the path of his Chargers and the Ravens with Super Bowl expectations and present realities.
Nestor Aparicio and Shawne Merriman discussed the Baltimore Ravens’ current injuries and struggles, including the absence of key players like Roquan Smith and Marlon Humphrey. Merriman highlighted the Ravens’ lack of pass rush and defensive pressure, urging the team to address these issues. They also touched on the Chargers’ success in Los Angeles, led by Justin Herbert and Khalil Mack. Merriman promoted his mixed martial arts promotion, Lights Out, and its growing influence, including recent fights and potential UFC prospects. They also discussed the global rise of MMA compared to boxing and the potential for football players to transition to combat sports.
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Shawne Merriman’s Return to Maryland and Injury Updates
- Nestor Aparicio welcomes Shawne Merriman to the show, noting his return to Maryland and his involvement with the Chargers and Ravens.
- Nestor mentions the injuries affecting the Ravens, including Matt Abika’s neck injury, Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey, and Ronnie Stanley.
- Shawne Merriman discusses the Ravens’ early-season struggles, particularly on defense, and the lack of pass rush.
- Shawne emphasizes the importance of addressing injuries, especially those involving the neck, which can have long-term effects on players’ careers and lives.
Challenges of Playing with Injuries
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the challenges of playing with injuries, using Ronnie Stanley’s experience as an example.
- Shawne explains the warrior mentality of football players, who often push themselves beyond their limits to play.
- Shawne highlights the importance of life after football and the need for players to consider their long-term health.
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the impact of injuries on team dynamics and the strategic aspects of exploiting injured opponents.
Shawne Merriman’s Mixed Martial Arts Ventures
- Nestor asks Shawne about his current activities, including his mixed martial arts promotion, Lights Out.
- Shawne shares details about a recent fight in Long Beach, which was the biggest show they’ve had, and mentions upcoming fights and potential UFC opportunities.
- Shawne talks about the technological advancements in mixed martial arts, such as AI advertisements on the mat.
- Shawne expresses his excitement about the growth of mixed martial arts and the potential for more college football rights on his platform.
The Chargers’ Presence in Los Angeles
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the Chargers’ transition from San Diego to Los Angeles and their growing fan base.
- Shawne credits the Chargers’ superstars, like Justin Herbert and Khalil Mack, for attracting fans in LA.
- Nestor and Shawne talk about the importance of having star players to build a fan base and the challenges of winning over a new city.
- Shawne mentions the impact of injuries on the Chargers’ performance and the need for the team to overcome these challenges.
Lamar Jackson’s Injury and the Ravens’ Season
- Nestor and Shawne discuss Lamar Jackson’s hamstring injury and the decision to play him or rest him.
- Shawne advises taking an extra week to ensure the injury is fully healed before playing.
- Nestor expresses concern about the Ravens’ record and the potential impact of injuries on their season.
- Shawne emphasizes the importance of testing injuries during full-speed sprints to ensure they are fully healed.
Shawne Merriman’s Support for Maryland Football
- Nestor and Shawne talk about the Maryland football team, including the performance of Malik Washington and the team’s potential.
- Shawne praises Coach Locksley’s excitement and the decision to start Malik Washington early.
- Shawne highlights the team’s win against Wisconsin as a significant milestone.
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the challenges of maintaining a competitive football team and the importance of long-term planning.
The Rise of Mixed Martial Arts
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the rise of mixed martial arts and its global popularity.
- Shawne compares the growth of mixed martial arts to the decline of boxing, citing issues with mismatched fights and lack of competition.
- Shawne mentions the potential for football players to transition to mixed martial arts due to the financial opportunities.
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the future of combat sports and the potential for more crossover between football and mixed martial arts.
Shawne Merriman’s Philanthropic Efforts
- Nestor asks Shawne about his philanthropic efforts, including coat drives and support for military families.
- Shawne mentions plans to hold a coat drive around Veterans Day and the involvement of AJ Francis in providing canned food.
- Shawne expresses pride in giving back to the community and supporting those in need.
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the importance of community involvement and the impact of philanthropic efforts on local communities.
The Future of the Chargers and Ravens
- Nestor and Shawne discuss the future of the Chargers and Ravens, including potential playoff runs and the impact of injuries.
- Shawne mentions the Chargers’ recent mishap against the Giants and the importance of overcoming injuries.
- Nestor expresses hope for a successful season for both teams and the importance of staying healthy.
- Shawne emphasizes the need for strategic planning and the impact of key players on team performance.
Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks
- Nestor and Shawne wrap up the conversation, with Nestor expressing appreciation for Shawne’s insights and contributions.
- Shawne mentions the possibility of bringing fights to the East Coast and the potential for events at the University of Maryland.
- Nestor highlights the importance of supporting local teams and the impact of community involvement on sports.
- The show concludes with Nestor reiterating the importance of staying positive and supporting Baltimore sports.
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
Ravens injuries, Lamar Jackson, Chargers, mixed martial arts, Shawne Merriman, pass rush, John Harbaugh, Ronnie Stanley, Malik Washington, UFC, Dana White, Justin Herbert, NFL, Maryland football.
SPEAKERS
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Shawne Merriman, Nestor Aparicio
Nestor Aparicio 00:01
Welcome home. We are W, N, S T. Am 1570 Towson, Baltimore. We are Baltimore, positive. Getting you ready for football this week. We’re watching a lot of playoff baseball, though we’re not involved in any of that. We had some words about the press conference on Monday as well. Luke Jones is out in Owings Mills doing all things ravens, getting ready for the infirmary report on a daily basis here this week, as we get the W, N, S, D tech service, brought to you by Cole roofing and Gordian energy, any breaking news on any of these injuries? Obviously, Matt a, b, k is not coming back. Roquan Smith won’t play this week. Marlon Humphrey as well. On Wednesday, we’re going to be down to Fay Lee’s eating crab cakes. It’s all courtesy of our friends at the Maryland lottery. I’ll have some Raven scratch offs to give away, and after the game on Monday, we are at Costas and Timonium in the afternoon. Hopefully we get a good news final. You know, I wore my state fair shirt for this guy because got the Maryland flag in it. He is a Marylander, but you think of him as a charger, maybe more than that. But once, twice a year, he comes back here, does his thing at College Park. He is the king of lights out. He’s now doing a mixed martial arts and, uh, promoting fights out in the California area and out in the on the west coast. But he always flies in here. And you know, I was out in El Segundo last week, uh, Sean Merryman, and I was driving through just to get a taco at Rubio’s and to go to the airport. And I look up, my God, the Chargers have landed in El Segundo. I forgot all about it. I text Jim Harbaugh and Joe Ortiz, and I’m like, you know, I guess for this point in the season, you’re either healthy or you’re not, you’re coming or you’re gone. But we got a little bit of a body of work to talk about here. I’ll get some chargers in. But boy, this ravens thing here, it’s the biggest story, I think, in the league right now, is what’s happened to the Ravens the first month Sean
Shawne Merriman 01:42
it is. I mean, it’s one of those situations where what could go wrong have gone wrong right from top to bottom. And I think, you know, just, just looking at them, early on during the season, there were signs, and especially on defense, out of the ball. Now I know that John Harbaugh came out and said, hey, you know they’re not worrying about the defense, the defense going to play great this year. But I think that anybody that know football and watching the games knew that they wasn’t going to be okay,
Nestor Aparicio 02:09
has rush. I mean, your specialty, you got no pass rush.
8Shawne Merriman 02:13
You don’t have a pass rush. It just opens up so many other things on your defense, and they’ve been literally getting getting no pressure, and it’s reflected because the DBS now aren’t looking as good, because now, you know, the ball is being held. They got to cover longer, and it’s just a domino effect. And you know, I hate to be negative Nancy. I’m the total opposite of a negative Nancy. But it’s time to hit the panic button right now, because it’s early during the season, but if this keeps going on just couple more games, they may, and they may be out of it early, and that’s the issue they’re facing
Nestor Aparicio 02:49
well. And then the injuries, right? I mean, you’ve been on teams where and you’ve been injured, you know? I mean, you know what this is all about, um, trying to get on the field this week when you know you might not be on. I mean, Ronnie Stanley tried last week, two series out, and roquan, just what happened with Matt abika is really scary, right? Like nobody’s talking about that neck injury and all of that. I think for all of you who played the game, that’s the nightmare. For you, your family, for everyone, Zach or is coaching the defense right now because of what happened to him, from a gambling perspective or a fan perspective or whatever, but from from a player having it taken away from him in his prime. Right now, this is a really concerning time, I think, for everybody in the building, about a really key player in Mada BK,
Shawne Merriman 03:32
no doubt. And when you talk about injuries, like a neck injury, those things can linger on the rest of your career. Those that’s not one of these things that you know that heals up and it’s 100% those things are never 100% it’s just never, now we can get back to being in a good place, but you always worrying about that thing being a problem, even if he does make it back on the field. And so and then too, you gotta think also. You gotta think life at the football. You gotta think life at the football, because you’re talking about those type of injuries, those can be damaging for the remainder of your life. And I try to remind a lot of these guys, there’s there is life after football. There is things that you have to do. You got a family, you have daily activities, and you know,
Nestor Aparicio 04:15
8is that hard for you as a player in the middle say, damn it, I’m playing. I don’t I’m not thinking about when I’m 45 I’m thinking, I gotta play this week, right? That’s the warrior mentality, right? It’s the
Shawne Merriman 04:25
absolute hardest. And I’ll take it a step further. I mean, you take us, you take Stanley, who came out there and played two series football is the only sport that you can have a guy walking around in the boot or crushes or damage to get pushed around in a wheelchair all week, and somehow, someway, playing the game. It is a it is a different kind of beast, where you get out there, you start warming up, you start getting that, getting that, getting those feels the fans, and you give it a go. And you know you can’t. You know your body is telling you that you can’t go. But somehow, someway, you make it out there anyway. So when I saw him Staley, coming out, coming out after the second series, I said. You know what that was? That was the adrenaline, that was a football player warrior mentality, saying that I’m going to give this thing a goal. And that’s the scary thing about dealing with us, because we can push ourselves far past limits than a normal person. Well, then there’s the
Nestor Aparicio 05:12
other part of Sean Merryman, or somebody like you is on the other side, licking your chops and you’re healthy and he’s not, and exploiting that, that’s what the game is, right? I mean, look, it’s 100
Shawne Merriman 05:24
part, and I don’t want it to sound, you know, sinister, right? You don’t want it to sound sinister where he’s like, Oh, I’m licking my chops because I’m, you know, this guy’s injured. But that’s part of the game plan. If you know a guy is is injured and he can’t do certain things, you want to test that out, see if he can. And once you realize he can’t, then, then that’s when, you know, you kind of started slamming on the gas a bit. And it’s just part of the game plan. Every coach, every player does it,
8Nestor Aparicio 05:46
all right? Well, Sean merry miss here, uh, he a Terp, as always. Tell me what you’re up to with, with your mixed martial arts. And you were on fubo, but you’re on your lights out network. Update me, it’s, it’s been about a year since I’ve had you on.
Shawne Merriman 05:57
Yeah, yeah. Now we’re growing. Man. We just had a big fight down the Long Beach. Lights out, extreme fight. 27 two weeks ago, two Saturdays ago, and it was our biggest show we’ve ever had. You know, we had, we had a guy just in the works of going to the UFC right now as we speak, and we got a couple more that the UFC is looking at. We actually, we’re on my network, lights out, Sports TV, but we are launching a UFC fight pass here in the next, you know, few weeks or so, and so, you know, We’re the fastest growing in the country, and it’s good because, for one, I love the dance sport. You know, all these years we’ve been talking about it, it’s just my excitement for it has grown. We have a lot of tech now that we’re including chips and gloves AI advertisement on the mat. There’s just so many things that this happening in this sport, and we look to be a game changer? Lights out, extreme fighting. 28 coming up, November 1. It’ll be in Long Beach, California. Again, you guys download. Lights out, Sports TV. Got a by the way, we’ve got a ton of free live sports there. And I’m going to make a college football announcement of some rights that I just in the process of acquiring to add more more football to the platform.
Nestor Aparicio 07:01
Well, I was a week out in Palos Verdes and going down through Long Beach on my way to Huntington, through Seal Beach, Sunset Beach. I love that part of the world down there. My wife had never been down there, so I took her down, and we went through the industrial part of Long Beach. And she’d never seen it. She’s like, Oh my God, look at this. You know, California’s got all sorts of things. Sean Merriam, it’s after. So are you enjoying the fact that the Chargers not left San Diego, but that they’ve made a home here? It was a little weird pulling into El Segundo and just seeing all the powder blue, and it’s become a chargers. The South Bay is owned by the chargers, huh? Yeah.
Shawne Merriman 07:36
8And, you know, it took a little bit, but they settled in. Well, I mean, it was a struggle with the fan base, right? You had a 5050, crowd of the San Diego fans just wasn’t receptive of it and saying, Hey, I can’t support the team, which I completely understand if you if you’re San Diegan, but they have grown in the city of LA, because they just got massive superstars. And Justin Herbert, it is, come on, and Khalil Mack and Durbin James. And when you have superstars of that caliber, you’re going to start to gain the fan base. And that’s what they’ve done. They’ve done a great job of that over the last couple years.
Nestor Aparicio 08:08
Well, you talked about injuries, and what you said was, the adrenaline hit you. Where are you on Lamar playing with a hamstring? That’s his superpower is, you know that’s a special strength is being able to run. You take that away from him. I gotta think defenders know that, and you’ll feel that. You’ll test that nice and early if Cooper Rush is not playing but playing Lamar injured at one and three, you don’t want to wake up one and four. You don’t want to wake up one and four without Lamar, but you don’t want to wake up one and four or even two and four not have Lamar, right? So there. This is the weirdest time of the year to say, I’m out. I can’t play roquan Smith, and maybe I’ll get back in 346, weeks. We have a buy in two weeks. But this is tough, tough circumstance for the franchise right now, given the record, given the opponent, and given where they are with Lamar in that you don’t want to sit him, but you don’t want to get them hurt more Well,
Shawne Merriman 09:01
I always say this when it comes to hamstrings, whenever it feels good, take one more week, right? Because it’s the only injury that you actually have to go out there and test it out. And you don’t test it out until you get into a full open sprint. And then you can tell you walking around, you feel fine, jogging around, cutting you feel fine until someone’s chasing behind you, and you need to open up and really, really press over that thing. So whenever you feel good, especially for Lamar Jackson, take one more week.
Nestor Aparicio 09:31
That sounds like a long time from now. Sean Merryman is here. How about those chirps? Huh? I mean, I gotta throw that in here before it’s all over. Hey, not often I bring you on and we talk about coat drives and this. And sometimes the basketball team, Hey, man, Puff out your chest with your your alum thing going on right now. They got a quarterback.
8Shawne Merriman 09:49
You know, I spent a lot of time with Coach Locksley during the off season, before the season started. I was out there quite a bit, and I can just see his excitement in the team. And he was talking a little different. Than he has been in the past, and I didn’t quite understand what they had on the plate, especially in Malik Washington, and for them to make the decision to throw him in the fire early because they knew he was ready, was so smart on many different fronts, because he’s your guy going forward. So even if he did have some struggles early on, he at least can work that out and get accustomed to being on the field. And let me tell you that that one against Wisconsin was a it was a stamp of, this is a new team, because that team wouldn’t have beat Wisconsin a couple years ago. They wouldn’t have and the bigger, the biggest question was, yeah, you can go out and stump some of these smaller teams and look up, but you can’t beat the teams in the big 10. And that was always their problem. This is a new team, and to have a leader like Malik Washington leading that team for the next four years or three years, depending on how he
Nestor Aparicio 10:48
I was going to say, stop with all of that, man, signing these guys to four year contracts because Alabama go, call my money teams that are no good. Everybody’s going to call my money and I think that that is, that’s loxley’s nightmare, and that’s something that I look man, two years ago, when all this started, I remember watching a preseason game with the ravens and the Terps had clearly spent money to advertise, you know, buy tickets and all that. Right? It’s preseason football. I’m the only one watching. Nobody’s watching, but they they did like a second half cutaway, and they had three kids in Terps jerseys without pads on on the sideline. And I think Evan Washburn’s down there interviewing Loxley. And Loxley, who I’ve known forever as well. I swabbed him for the bone marrow. I love locks, but it sounded like Freddie blassie in the WWE. These are my guys. We’re paying them top dollar. He was saying, and I’m like, Coach, you can’t talk like that. And I’m thinking, we’re in a whole different level now, of the first thing the coaches are thinking, can I afford it? Can uncle Kevin and Uncle Steve? Maybe Uncle Sean, right part of the check and but we’re in a different world where, if you think you have him for four years, that’s cocky of you to think that Sean, because I think what guy like
Shawne Merriman 11:59
Malik Washington, you would lose him to the NFL before you lose him to another team. My opinion, I just think that, you know, he’s one of the locks guys, very, very few people leave when you want to blocks guys. And then also on the other side of that thing, I think that whatever needs to be done will be done if it’s not by Kevin Plank, it’ll be done by me. You said, me
Nestor Aparicio 12:22
8some money. I know you made enough to four quarterbacks in the NFL.
Shawne Merriman 12:26
Well, you know, things that things are moving well, in my in my life, so, you know, and it is about winning. And you know that always will be a home for me. That’s, you know, we’d be home. So what will do? We need to do? But I don’t think that’s a big worry. I think that the biggest worry for him would be losing him to the NFL before another college.
Nestor Aparicio 12:46
Biggest worries beating Penn State. Know how they did down the line, but you know all the big boys are coming up. Sean Merriman is here. He is out in California. He’s putting on fights in MMA, um, before I even get back to football, or even back to the Terps, Dana White UFC, 60 minutes the clown running the country, putting fights on in the in the White House, which I am fully against, just FYI, but watching the sport, and watching a creepy politician who should be under a jail promote your sport and put it out in front of everyone. And then 60 Minutes, whether they’re not investigating the president, instead promoting fights. I I didn’t watch the piece the other night. How did you feel about the piece, and how are you feeling about all of this push to places like me? I will not watch it. I do not want to watch anything more barbaric. I don’t want to watch guys beat the shit at each I just don’t it’s not entertaining to me. I’ll promote it for you, but it’s not my thing, but the 60 Minutes part of it and how legitimate it’s become. And I go back to bringing John Rollo in here. Johnny and I played little league football, Little League Baseball together. So you know, Johnny was Shogun. I’ve known John my whole life, while he was trying to get it legal. They’re putting it on Atlantic City. They’re putting on in Vegas. Dana White has been a figure for two decades in my world, through John Rollo and through Joe Rogan and through all of that, it is amazing how it’s become, I don’t even say a fourth sport. I think it’s ahead of hockey. It’s ahead of certainly ahead of boxing, ahead of a lot of things, the 60 Minutes piece for Dana White and what Trump has done. It’s a little bit of an an out party for your game, right? Yeah.
Shawne Merriman 14:20
Well, look, I think it’s two ways you got to look at this thing. And I’ve known Dana for, you know, about 15 years or so, and like him, I love him or hate him or can’t stand him. He’s always been the same he and I can truly say that he doesn’t care. Is one. He’s one of those people that it he when you say things to the public and say, Well, I don’t care. I don’t care. Some people just say that, just to, you know, kind of get people off their back. He really doesn’t care. I think that the way the sport is going, the fans really respond to the sport and how it’s become so global, because they can relate to some of these things. Some of these guys come from nothing, and boxing has taken. This thing where they’re picking and choosing matches. You know, the matches are, are mismatched. Guys aren’t fighting when they supposed to
8Nestor Aparicio 15:07
fight. Well, that’s been going on forever. You’re ducking me, right? You’re ducking me, yeah.
Shawne Merriman 15:10
And they kind of setting up guys for a win until they get their big payday. And, and I think the MMA is has been at least the last 15 years or so. The best is fighting the best. And number one guy is fighting number three guy, number three guys fighting number six guy. There’s not a number three guy fighting a 23rd guy, right? It’s just that’s what’s grown to sport, because the fans got tired of boxing, of these mismatches and guys, in a sense, ducking the best competition. Now, Damon has got back into boxer with zufa, and I think he’s going to attempt to close the gap, but I think that the the fans have spoken, I do. I wish him success in boxing with Turkey, and what they did with Turner’s Crawford and Canelo was massive. But I think that they let boxing slip too long where the best isn’t fighting the best in this kind of lost viewers. I don’t think it’ll ever catch back up to MMA and I’m coming from. My uncles were professional boxers. I grew up in PC County, around tons of boxes. I remember Riddick ball coming down to my neighborhood when I was growing up. I’ve always been a boxing fan. I just think they went too long without even enough to competition, and MMA has just surpassed him in a way where it’s too global that in boxing would just not be able to catch up.
Nestor Aparicio 16:18
Well, I watched boxing. You know, I wasn’t far from anti boxing. My father was Sugar Ray and Ali and just, you know, Tyson all the way through. Do guys still want to box? You know, it feels to me like if you’re a young person and you’re you want to be physical, you play football, there’s a lot of things you rugby. There’s you can just train. There’s a million things you can do. But the boxing part, it just feels like, if you’re in that space, the money’s in UFC, the glories in UFC, the mixed martial arts, just in a general sense, have you seen guys or mixed martial arts say, I’m going to go box to be a little safer from my head, because there is life after MMA as well, right? We talked about that in football side, getting hit in the head and getting bloodied and just trauma, just in a general sense, that concerns me, for everyone involved in the sport as a concern. Howard Cosell with Tex Cobb in 1982 right? But I don’t know who boxes anymore, and that’s when I saw the canola fight. I’m like, Yeah, fine. And people pay for it, and it’s big in the Hispanic community, of which I’m one, but, like, I don’t know that it’s global. And it feels like Dana White, what? Mixed Martial Arts, it’s just transcended. It’s like it’s gone,
Shawne Merriman 17:23
8yeah, and I’ll say this, you know, some of your, your best heavyweight and light heavyweight champions potentially could be somebody playing Alabama, Florida State, right? It’s, it’s one of those things where football and these other sports have kind of taken away from, you know, when is the last great heavyweight, right? The great heavyweight in boxing? And there was a guy that people don’t talk about as much. He played at Gwen Park. His name is Seth Mitchell. Mitchell, play linebacker. Played linebacker Michigan State, and he was like, 2526 no boxer. That kind of transitioning the bad knee injury from football, and then went over to boxing. Actually has some success. And so again, you take a young Seth Mitchell that that is healthy, or young Sean Merryman say, You know what? I don’t know football, really the thing. I would have been in combat sports a long time ago if the opportunity and money was there. The money’s there now where, you know, I don’t have to fight in the backyard for scratch. Because remember, you know some of these guys just coming off of the street where that’s their only way out, and that’s not the case anymore. It’s become such a global sport. There’s a real future, real financial gain in this combat sports space, and I think we will start to see, over time, more of that, potentially football slash crossover to combat sports. It’s coming. It’s on the way.
Nestor Aparicio 18:41
Sean, Mary, minus here, last thing for you. I My wife, was asking me about us and seamers go, you know, what’s he? I said, Oh, he’s in it mixed martial arts. And I said, it’s kind of like a little bit of a minor league feeder system for UFC Right? And, um, tell everybody about your promotion, just in a general sense, if they’re unfamiliar with lights out and you got in it, you love it, obviously, and young people, Southern California, West Coast, I guess you have a gym. You’re training guys. You’re trying to make good, fair, quote, unquote, minor league fights, to move guys up along and teach them the sport and the art of the sport, right?
Shawne Merriman 19:15
Yeah, I think, you know, we have the next up and coming stars, right? And, you know, a lot of these guys get to the UFC, but they’re, they’re building their names, but way before they get to the UFC, and by the time they get to the UFC, they’ve already got a following. A lot of those guys start out with us. We, we become one of the fastest growing in the country, where we just had, in the last two months, we had four of our guys fighting the UFC over the last two months that that’s the kind of, you know, traction that we have right now. You know, if you’re fighting in lights, out of training, fighting, you become a champion. You’re going to get a chance to fight in UFC we got, we got a guy, Chris Alvarez, fighting in Dana White’s contender series this week, who fought for us just a few months ago. Again, we have the next. Up and coming stars of the sport. We want to continue to build on that, but also build other verticals in tech and content, tell these stories about these upcoming fighters, and that, that’s what’s most important to me, because everybody got a story, and I think this, there’s a lot of relatable things that people understand.
Nestor Aparicio 20:14
Gotta make him care. Gotta make him care, right? Absolutely. Sean Merriman is here. He played a long time in the National Football League. He’s also a Terp. When’s your big night, I got some coats in my closet. I know you want my coats. I know you want them.
8Shawne Merriman 20:26
I’m waiting on the date now, but we want to do it again Veterans Day. I like doing around that time. It’s, it’s, you know, we always had a military involved now in the homeless families of the military always tried to do something around this, just waiting on dates, and also woman, man. AJ, AJ, Francis is, is going to do us canned food and things like that, man. So I’m really, really proud of him for taking that step up and giving back to the school and a lot of people that need help. But we’re looking around veterans day again.
Nestor Aparicio 20:53
Well, you get back here to a good football team, hopefully a good basketball team this year. You never know talking about keeping football players, right? Keep basketball players rounds harder, right?
Shawne Merriman 21:02
Yeah. And I just saw they had a couple of big commits the basketball, I think, a few days ago as well, man. So I think they’re going to be good for the future as well.
Nestor Aparicio 21:09
8Well, he did a great job last year. And at least you have a coach that wants to be here and not at Villanova, so that at least that’s going on at your chargers, anything on, on that. I mean, just when the maybe I went to El Segundo the wrong week, because the things went would turn sour after I was there. But certainly the buzz about the chargers and the buzz about Justin Herbert, you mentioned his star power, he certainly looks capable of winning a Super Bowl,
Shawne Merriman 21:31
yeah, no doubt about that. And I think they had a mishap, you know, last week, and, you know, against the giants, and they had, we talk about injuries, right? You got the Slater who’s down, Rashawn Slater who’s down, Joe alt went down with a high angle sprain. So now you got these young pass rushers of the Giants were just getting after Justin Herbert who really, really that that was a key point of that game. They just couldn’t block for him. So you know, this is time of the year where you’re injured or not, and you’re playing or not, and guys got to figure out the way to get over that hump, why you got some injuries going on, and that’s, that’s that’s going to be a really
Nestor Aparicio 22:05
big deal. You can follow all the Sean Merriman is doing at lights out. Xf.com, their fights, up, their stories up there. You can reach out and say, Look, Sean, if you wish to, I always appreciate having you on. Please come back and visit again when you’re doing the coats. I hope that you’ll come back and visit for a chargers, ravens playoff game in January on our end. Right now, I’m crossing my finger just trying to get through Houston this week. It’s always good to visit with you. Anything that’ll leave anything out, just go out to the website, see what you’re doing. Simple as that, right?
Shawne Merriman 22:35
That’s it, man. We just, you know, I appreciate all the support. And you know, I’m looking, at some point in time, bringing the fights back there to on the East Coast, and, you know, maybe, maybe on the University of
8Nestor Aparicio 22:46
Maryland campus. Who knows Maryland? We’re all behind you. There we go. All right. Sean Merryman is here long time. Charger, he’s always a Terp, and we’re always getting ready for football. Luke’s out knowing smells, getting ready for the Ravens game this week. It is an infirmary report, unlike anything I’ve seen here in a long, long time. Lamar Jackson, Ronnie Stanley, roquan Smith, Nante, mada BK Marlon, Humphrey. Nate Wiggins, who knows? I know the Texans are coming, and they better be ready to play football at one o’clock on Sunday. I am Nestor. We are W N, S, D. Am 1570 Towson, Baltimore, and we never stop talking Baltimore. Positive. You.
