Horse Tracks - 9/7/09 - Brandon Marshall returns

by John Bena on Sep 7, 2009 8:12 AM MDT in Horse Tracks Comment 30 comments

Broncos' Marshall back at practice - Mike Klis (DP)
Brandon Marshall returned to the Broncos on Sunday, his team-imposed suspension for detrimental conduct officially lifted after he spent nine days away from the team's Dove Valley facility.

Brandstater's poise impresses his teammates - The Denver Post
When the Broncos selected Tom Brandstater in April's NFL draft, they believed they had a tough-minded quarterback who had an NFL-worthy frame with some potential.

Broncos announce practice squad - Mike Klis(DP)
The Broncos stayed within their locker room to form their eight-man practice squad.

Denver Broncos' Vonnie Holliday reveals offseason surgery - ESPN
Defensive end Vonnie Holliday, who joined the Denver Broncos on Sunday for his first workout with his new team, says an injured knee is what prevented him from signing a contract this spring.

Brandon Marshall reinstated, eligible for Denver Broncos' opener - Bill Williamson(ESPN)
Marshall was suspended Aug. 28 after a series of behaviors detrimental to the team. The final straw came when a Denver television station filmed Marshall walking when his teammates were running, punting a football in protest and swatting away balls during a passing frill during practice Aug. 26.

NFL: The addition of quarterbacks Brett Favre and Jay Cutler has helped the NFC close the competitive gap with the AFC - ESPN
Here are the 10 top questions heading into the NFL regular season.

Merriman arrested, accused of choking his girlfriend - The Denver Post
Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested Sunday and accused of choking and restraining his girlfriend, reality TV star Tila Tequila, as she tried to leave his suburban home.

Richard Seymour fallout, Michael Vick ruling, cutdown weekend - Peter King - SI.com
Peter King's MMQB is always a good read - Peter King(SI.COM)

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Thanks for the Links

They have only eight players on their roster who came to them in 2006 or earlier, and one of them, Brandon Marshall, is a malcontent

Can anyone explain what this stat means? Does he mean players who entered the league since 2006 saying we are old? Is he actually knocking our drafting since 2006 saying the previous group did bad and miss broadcasting it on the new coach?

That whole article made me go cross eyed. After all, the only reason the AFC has been so dominant is our QB play? I guess that sums up his depth of knowledge of football.

Tis better not to throw it to the deep receiver but the open receiver.

by Kfustud on Sep 7, 2009 8:25 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

What I get

Is that Denver used to be “good” and now since they replaced all the bad players with good ones, they will be “bad” and McD might lose his job because of it.

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by 3nS on Sep 7, 2009 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And

he seems to be saying they’ve cut ties with a lot of players from some excellent, competitive teams. Because we know how good the Broncos were, especially on defense, the last few years. ! Maybe I’m mis-reading that though.

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by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 9:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clayton's convoluted reasoning...

…goes like this: McD has created such a turnover in the roster that he can’t possibly have found enough NFL-worthy starters to field a competitive team — mostly because only starters are worthy of being starters.

In the world of Clayton, unless you have started (or been given a “Boomer” nickname) or are a high profile rookie draft pick, you aren’t anyone, and you have no value except as roster filler.

In other words, Clayton judges football teams by how many times the players on each team have been mentioned on ESPN (outside of stories in which they are mentioned as players who are not worth mentioning).

And on that account, the Broncos are a complete mess. Thus, McDaniels is on the “hot seat” without having coached a single NFL regular season game.

That the two issues with players the Broncos have had were with the two players who never attended a single OTA? That’s irrelevant. Clayton is able to extrapolate from this that McDaniels has lost the team.

by JeffG on Sep 7, 2009 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions 5 recs

Perfect and probably pretty darn accurate take on Clayton in general,

Recced, JeffG

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by tannji on Sep 7, 2009 10:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, I only get 7

Champ (‘04), Dumervil (’06), Hamilton(‘01), Kuper (’06), Scheffler (‘06), DJ (’04), and Marshall (‘06). So unless he’s still counting Jay, I don’t know… If he’d wanted to make a point about turnover, he should have said that there are only three Broncos who have played with the team for more than three years, but that wouldn’t have allowed him to bring up Brandon Marshall again.

In any case, the whole premise is stupid. If we are lacking in talent, it’s because of Shanahan’s drafting, not because of what McD did. It would be silly to blame him for failing to win without talent, as he had very little to do with the acquisition of that talent. Wouldn’t it make more sense to give the coach of an expansion team more time rather than less?

Basically, he has no point, he just thinks McD should be on the hot seat because he traded Cutler, even though it was Bowlen who made the final decision on that one.

by BTS on Sep 7, 2009 9:23 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks John/Guru for the links.

"When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important than the name on the back." - "Miracle".

"Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else." - Vince Lombardi.

by broncoholic on Sep 7, 2009 8:57 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Morning Everybody...

thank you for the horse tracks. excellent as usual.

by s.west.railroader on Sep 7, 2009 8:58 AM MDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Good morning and thanks

Conversation nonstarters: hoping McDaniels fails, comparing Bears to Broncos, Cutler to Orton, apples to oranges, and casual drinkers to Raiders fans.

by broncosmontana on Sep 7, 2009 8:58 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Appreciated King's blurb on McDaniels

Think Josh McDaniels doesn’t carry Bill Belichick in his hip pocket every day? In the team meeting room of the Denver Broncos are two huge pronouncements on either side of the video screen. They say the same thing.

DO YOUR JOB.

That was always the mantra in New England. In other words, don’t worry about the guy next to you; if everyone does the job he’s been assigned to do, and does it well, we’ll win.

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Don’t know about you but I’m ready for Cincinnati now!

by pshin8670 on Sep 7, 2009 9:23 AM MDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I agree pshin

Let’s play!
Thanks John

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"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing." -- George Bernard Shaw

by KaptainKirk on Sep 7, 2009 9:26 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Morning Guru and thanks for the links

Dove Valley should be very interesting the next week now that Marshall is back. Let’s see how he acts now or what he does next.

The aquisitions of Favre and Cutler make close the competitive gap between the NFC and AFC? Uhhhhhh, NO. Favre is old and just had shoulder surgery on his throwing arm and Cutler hasn’t led a team to the playoffs yet so I don’t agree that any gap has closed.

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by weazel on Sep 7, 2009 9:28 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

John Clayton seems more apt to commentating on Magic the Gathering than NFL football.

by lolcopter on Sep 7, 2009 9:32 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the Tracks Guru

Hopefully Bmarsh will just shut up and play now. Im so tired of Clayton

live and die blue and orange

by jerry251 on Sep 7, 2009 9:47 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks John for the news!!!

Kory Lichtensteiger was picked up by the Vikes on Sunday. He knows Cutlers characteristics and could be a vital part of their attack against the Bears.

Mr. Peabody? Has he every been in a football game in his life? He looks like somebody choked the living crap out of him one time or another to make his head look like a bubble dancing head doll. What a ‘twerp’!

by bfree2bronc on Sep 7, 2009 9:54 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn...

True, but…damn…LOL

by TheMastermind on Sep 7, 2009 10:50 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Hah

Though doesn’t Clayton look more like Sherman than Mr Peabody? Maybe he’s both.

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by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Velveeta on Sep 7, 2009 3:47 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

by lolcopter on Sep 7, 2009 3:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hah

nice! Both of these work for Clayton as well.

Someone should tell him, "Listen to me boy, pay attention when I’m talking to ya. (I got, I say I got this boy as fidgety as a bubble dancer with a slow leak.)

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by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa

From Adam Schefter:

Just sent to ESPN: Lions HC Jim Schwartz announces his starting QB decision – Matthew Stafford. Your turn, Eric Mangini.

Was Culpepper hurt? I was expecting him to start at least for awhile, to get Stafford acclimated, But on the other hand, it worked for Matt Ryan. But on the other hand, Ryan was special, and the Lions are especially terrible. We’ll see.

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by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 11:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought they'd do that

I saw them throwing Stafford to the lions immediately, lol

You’re right, when they saw what Ryan did last year, well… and, it IS the Lions, after all. ;)

by AllBroncsallday on Sep 7, 2009 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 3:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

Thought for sure it’d be Gorin.

by JeffG on Sep 7, 2009 3:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think with Marshall back (presumably)

and with a couple of injury question marks on the OL now (probably nothing major) they needed more depth on the OL at this point than at WR, where they seem well-covered.

The commenter formerly known as "Dashiell".

by underdog on Sep 7, 2009 3:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs