I thought so too, up until a few weeks ago. I can't believe how many of our starters are either injured or coming off an injury and we haven't even started the season yet!!! I think Merriman is crazy for playing with 2 torn ligaments. We face at least 3 teams that cut-block, so I'm sure someone is going to take a cheap shot at his knees.
But I did get to watch them play the 9'ers last night and the first team looked pretty good, even without LT, Gates and Rivers.