Merritt has everything except this

Four All-Pro selections. Six seasons. No Iron Jug. It is the oldest and least interesting kind of hole in a career and it is the only one that gets brought up, every year, by people who have never played. It did not, in the end, come down to him alone — it never does. But The Fighting Ostriches won it 27-17, and a fortnight from now nobody will be able to describe this season without describing Sunday.