It's lights out for Shawne Merriman in Buffalo after the Bills cut the one-time star pass-rusher on Monday. The move was announced by the team in a one-sentence news release as the Bills prepared to return to practice following a two-day break. Merriman's release was regarded as a mild surprise for a player who described himself as being in his best shape in years after having season-ending surgery in November to repair a partially torn right Achilles tendon. It's an injury that had nagged him for much of the previous two seasons. Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp...falo-bills-release-veteran-lb-shawne-merriman