Shawne Merriman believes that the public back-and-forth between San Diego general manager A.J. Smith and running back LaDainian Tomlinson needs to stop. "That [stuff] doesn't help bring a Super Bowl to San Diego," the linebacker told to the San Diego Union-Tribune. "And that [stuff] needs to stop, period. It needs to stop now." Last week, Tomlinson said on his site that he plans to continue his career with the Chargers. Smith appeared to take Tomlinson lightly by seemingly mocking his comments in quotes to the Union-Tribune. "Going into next season, I want people talking about how we're going to rebound from getting ... bounced from the playoffs -- not if LT is going to be there or if I'm going to be there," Merriman said.