As expected, Phillip Merling’s recently revealed Achilles’ tendon injury will sideline him for the 2010 season, the Miami Herald has confirmed. The Herald’s Armando Salguero opened up some speculation about how Miami plans to replace Merling, saying a source close to the team suggested the front office could turn their attention to Dallas’ Marcus Spears before training camp concludes.
Spears was selected in the first-round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cowboys under Bill Parcells, but has since fallen out of the team’s good graces, and was even on the trading block before this year’s draft. Spears has been somewhat of a letdown in Dallas, but there’s no arguing he would provide much needed depth, while being a possible challenger to rookie Jared Odrick.
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