The Latest on Brandon Marshall: Denver Broncos Front Office Acts Ridiculously
by John B on Sep 3, 2009 7:57 AM EDT
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First, the Broncos are apparently willing to accuse the Jets of tampering with Marshall.
After two weeks of hearing about the Jets' reported interest in disgruntled Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall, the Broncos apparently got fed up and dropped the "T" word - tampering.
The Broncos are monitoring the Jets' comments to gauge whether they are tampering with Marshall, ESPN reported Wednesday. Marshall, currently suspended for conduct detrimental to the team, wants out of Denver, but the Broncos say they have no intention of trading him.
No, I'm being serious. A Belichick disciple is making bogus accusations to drag the Jets through the mud. Shocking stuff here. Maybe there would be some validity if only the Jets had ever made a public remark. What? Now the Jets can be held responsible for the media speculating about a player? I'd love to hear the rationale behind these charges.
These charges are just a silly idea any way you slice it. Alienate a potential suitor before trade discussions even begin. Even if they don't want to trade Marshall now, the relationship certainly could deteriorate to the point where they do trade him in the near future. Even if McDaniels' Pats ties make him hate the Jets too much to consider trading with them, driving them out of discussions decreases demand, which gives him less leverage.
Denver insists David Harris would have to be the centerpiece of any trade.
The Denver Broncos would want New York Jets linebacker David Harris in any trade scenario for wide receiver Brandon Marshall, two NFL sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday.
I guess you can't blame the Broncos for asking for the moon, but that's a crazy demand. Marshall has a ton of baggage and is an enormous risk both in and out of the locker room. He's a lousy teammate, a problem child, and can't stop getting arrested. Harris is a star young player with zero risk. The Broncos can't be serious. A fair trade would involve Draft picks, risk for risk, not a sure thing for a roll of the dice.
Not surprisingly, the Jets have cooled in their interest.
And, sources have told The Post, they're not interested trading for the disgruntled receiver because the Broncos are asking too much in return
I wonder if this is how the Jets looked to the rest of the league when Eric Mangini was the head coach. Do the Broncos think they look strong by pulling stuff like this? That front office is running the team into the ground. Stuff like this on top of everything that's already happened there (swapping Jay Cutler for Kyle Orton) makes them look like amateurs.
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We may be asking for the moon
But that is what it should take for Marshall. You have to realize the Broncos hold all the cards here…he’s only on the books for a bit over 2M this year, and we can franchise him for the next 2 years. He can either grow up and play for us, or we are going to get a sweet deal out of it.
The question becomes this: How bad does your organization want a #1 WR?
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
Or you'll drastically
overpay a cry baby that doesnt want to play for you, when you are forced to franchise tag him
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 3, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Or we go in to the year uncapped...
as fully expected and Marshall is an RFA and we have to do nothing of the sort. But thats likely too advanced for the likes of you to understand.
Enjoy what in Chicago will be perenially known as Interception December.
i can't wait til
you’re wrong in december
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 4, 2009 5:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow you're right
Its Interception September!
Love it.
It isn't overpaying if he has the goods
Which he does. If I were a GM, I wouldn’t touch Marshall, but I know too many franchises out there that will take the risk…and the Jets is one of them that may bite.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
"the Broncos hold all the cards here"
yeah right, tell me another one…if this is the kind of attitude the Broncos have when dealing with the Jets it won’t get done for sure. I don’t want him on the team for a multitude of reasons anyway. LB is a far more important position on this team than WR with the way the Jets are structured philosophically. Harris is gonna have a big year in this D, way more reminiscent of his rookie campaign.
The thing is that I don't care if the deal gets done with the Jets
One of two things are going to happen:
1. Some silly GM of a NFL franchise will deal for Marshall and we will get a decent deal.
2. Marshall will realize how dumb he is being and will play hard.
We win either way.
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
When talking about mistakes the front office has made you can't forget
trading away next years first round pick to Seattle for a corner who will probably be a nickel back at best, and as bad as this team could be that will really hurt if it’s a top five pick. I have to wonder if there has ever been a coach more hated than McDaniels before his first regular season game.
That being said, I think this trade could work for New York as Rex Ryan seems to be the kind of tough coach that would command change from Marshall and having a very talented receiver could help Sanchez grow.
Al. Smith
Was a first rounder on a few teams boards this year. I look at it as getting next year’s first rounder this year.
And if you’ve seen Al. Smith play at all you’ll know he’ll be a major stud and well worth it, especially since Denver’s got Chicago’s first rounder this year which will be in the 12-18 range.
That trade for the 1st rd pick was risky
I’m not entirely sold on the guy they got, but it depends on how he pans out. We won’t know for a year or two how wise the decision was…one plus to think about is financial though…we don’t have to pay two 1st round countracts next year. :)
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
Denver didn't trade Culter for Orton
“I wonder if this is how the Jets looked to the rest of the league when Eric Mangini was the head coach. Do the Broncos think they look strong by pulling stuff like this? That front office is running the team into the ground. Stuff like this on top of everything that’s already happened there (swapping Jay Cutler for Kyle Orton) makes them look like amateurs.”
Do you honestly think Denver traded Cutler for Orton? Really??
In any case Marshall is a great talent if he can get past his 12 yr old antics (a huge IF). I think he’d help Sanchez out in a big way, just like he did Cutler. I really hope Denver doesn’t trade him.
Finally I think McDaniels has a lot of other things on his mind (like his nightmare offseason) and isn’t focused on sticking it to a former division rival. And how do you know the Tampering charge is bogus? Not saying it isn’t, just wondering what sort of info you’ve got that the rest of us don’t have?
He can share a cell with Plaxico
You think Marshall can stay out of trouble in NYC?? He can barely stay out of court in Denver and Atlanta. He’ll be serving 2-4 for one thing or another if he comes to this market…
He certainly has talent for Sanchez, but the Jets have quite a few untested WR that might surprise some people this year. Marshall frankly isnt worth the legal/image/morale trouble, the draft picks, and ILB Harris, as people are quoted.
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No Trade
Tell Denver to take a hike ! We don’t need a cry baby, play with the wr we have an give them a chance they may end up surprising everyone. Marshall would really fit into the NYC nite life (NOT) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Totally Agree!
We don’t need Marshall and his diva attitude! We’ve got a potential Franchise QB and the last thing he needs is the league’s latest T.O. messing with his head. Why should we trade away a good, young, solid LB and help bail out a former NE assistant who is currently destroying any chance his current franchise has of winning?! Hell, the Broncos might even end up last behind KC & Oakland this year!
Let’s go into the season with what we got, and who knows, next year, we might even be able to draft Sanchez’s former teammate from USC, Damian Williams, who projects to do well at the NFL level; and was close to Sanchez and was really bummed when Sanchez left for the NFL.
I'm not here to kiss Bill Belichek's rings!
by Frankie The Jet on Sep 3, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
holding the cards???????????
First of all a LB like Harris is way too much to ask for, for a little baby that kicks and throws footballs in practice because he cant get his way. How do you figure that the Broncos hold all the cards in a trade when Marshall is currently under suspension by his own team, hates where he is and is demanding a trade. That doesnt sound like a team holding all the cards in a trade with another team. With or without Marshall, the Broncos are goingt to win only 4 games this year anyway. Get two high draft picks, and just rebuild the entire team already. Then again, look how good they did with all those drafts picks they had this year.
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