Merriman Aftermath

Congrats to Antwan Applewhite, who was called up from the practice squad after the Chargers put Shawne Merriman on IR. Antwan is a SDSU product who put in his dues last year on the practice squad. The promotion means he gets to be on the team and gets a nice hefty raise (roughly 195K extra for the year).

The question I have is who will replace Shawne as a Captain on the defense. Shawne was elected by his teammates as one of two defensive captains for the year, along with Jamal Williams. He'll still be around but an official captain has to be on the active roster. Norv said today that the third place vote getter will be announced as the new captain on Friday. I'm guessing it won't be a lineman since they already have Jamal. Of the linebackers, I would have guessed Steven Cooper, but he's still on suspension for 3 games. That leaves the secondary. My money is on Quentin Jammer, since he's the veteran of the secondary. Normally the free safety would be the pick, but Eric Weddle is only in his second year. Jammer seems like the choice, but we'll have to wait and see.