Forgive me if you guys have already talked about it, but I want to give Mercer credit for stepping up when Smith got boarded yesterday.
He's not a fighter obviously, and I think he gave up some serious size in the scrap. But that is what you want to see, your teammates stepping up when another team does something dirty.
I know he's had a rough year, and I know some folks are thinking he might be trade bait this offseason but I really hope we don't cut ties with him. He's still very young, he's the kind of kid you need in your middle six on a deep playoff team.