According to Chris Mortensen, Shanny would have cut Brandon Marshall

I’d believe it. Morty? Ehhhh. He’s good but I want to know his sources. That’s a pretty good asessment of Marshall but did Shanny really say that? You don’t cut a guy like Bmarsh before you try to coach him up. He’s a PITA but he’s got too much talent not to try. Just one man’s opinion.

I believe that Shanny did say this to Mort. What I don’t believe is that he would’ve actually gone through with it.

Shanahan is just trying to add fuel to the story….no way he would have done it.

Shanahan made a lot poor personel moves, but it makes no sense to cut a guy for who you could actually get something for in a trade. I know the injury and off the field stuff would have made it hard to get full value, but something is better than nothing. I just don’t buy it.

i believe it and i think they should of cut him anyways. can’t stand that guy anymore.

Mortensen would have been better off not saying a word, IMO. I don’t know why his credibility wouldn’t be shot to hell after that . . .

…I think that Chris Mortensen’s info is usually reliable, I also think that this report doesn’t sound quite right. However, let’s assume that the report is true, then shouldn’t it also be at least wondered if Mike Shanahan is now using Brandon Marshall’s unpopularity in Denver to be the scapegoat for the Broncos monumental melt-down last year?

Did you see Mike say that he would have fired himself for not being able to get his team to win just one friggin’ game, especially the last game? It was that last game, was it not, where the Broncos had to absolutely beat the Chargers to take the division and advance to the playoffs, when we all saw precisely how poorly the Broncos were really coached, by getting their butts handed to them with a 52 to 21 loss, did we not?

Firing Brandon Marshall for last season’s debacle, when there were 52 other players on the team, makes about as much sense as firing John Elway for personally losing those three Super Bowls. So something about Mortensen’s report just doesn’t look right. I would like to think that Mike Shanahan is the type of head coach who takes full-responsibility for “his” losses, also.