Poll of the Week - 2/1/10 - Are You Picking Up What Brandon Marshall is Putting Down?

In which case he can say the right things to the media and the fans knowing that if the team gets rid of him he won’t look like the bad guy.

I think after the distractions of the off season. Josh McDaniels went to Brandon Marshall
and said: Hey you give it your all this season, and I’ll see to it that you get your 100 catches,
and help you get paid. After BM got his 100 catches ( a Pro Bowl birth ) he quit…more less…
So my vote…is a No.

I posted thoughts earlier in the Horse Tracks thread on this very topic.

I do believe him, and I’ve seen nothing to make me think anything is boiling under the surface between BMarsh and McD.

I hope I’m correct on my analysis that began the day of the KC game. I think this was blown way out of proportion by the media and some fans as well. He will be back.

it really doesn’t matter whether I believe what he says or not. Marshall is a great receiver and a head case a the same time. But, I still believe there is more to the story than what we know or ever will. Frankly I’m okay with that. If everything works to him staying in Denver I also okay with that. I think there has been way too much, “what can we get for Marshall” stuff going on. Because of what is going on with the CBA I’m starting to think there will be a lot less movement of players than we’ve seen in the past, IMO. And that is already affecting the way teams are looking at this off season. The next few months will get very interesting.

I’d love to keep a guy this talented on the team but only if he can be mature and play hard every snap. Of course we’ll never know if he’ll do that but talent wise you can’t replace a guy like that. I’ve never been an all out advocate for trading him but I also don’t think we should keep him no matter what either. To echo what bchiper said above it doesn’t matter what I think anyway and there’s always stuff behind the scenes that we’ll never know about. I just would like to see a resolution one way of another so we can move on to fixing the rest of the team. If we are to believe McD, not saying we should or shouldn’t, the team may be waiting to see what happens with the CBA. Either way I’m getting tired of the story.

I believed him when he said all this after his suspension in training camp. Colour me doubtful at the moment.

Not necessarily because I think he’s lying, but because he doesn’t have all his ducks in a row; he doesn’t have all his oars in the water; and he’s been through the metal detector too many times.

it doesn’t really matter what we think. When it comes to negotiating a contract (or the other business end of things) it’s kind of like politics – it’s Kabuki theater and one is never sure whether anything is real. I hope we keep him as I believe he’s coachable, will mature somewhat and is pretty much an irreplaceable talent on this team, at least as of today.
Go Broncs!

It’s difficult to answer the poll because I want Brandon if he wants Denver but I don’t want Brandon if he’s going to continue to have transgressions and malfeasances. At this point, I’m not sure, but I voted yes, because I like to believe that he’s a man of his word and will work something out with the Broncos (and he’d better not quit on his team again or get in trouble with the law).

As the old saying goes:
Fool me once….. strike one. But fool me twice….. strike.. three. (something like that, anyways) ;-) He better be telling us the truth, this time.

I’m just tired of this situation going back and forth. Does Brandon want to be here or not? Does McD want him out or not? Did Marshall quit on the team or not? I have no idea the answers to these questions because they seem to change on a day to day basis. I’d just love for this to get resolved so we don’t have to speculate, one way or the other.

Marshall is not a liar. He has allways let his feelings at the time be known (which, incidently, is part of what gets him in trouble).

All of us will feel differently about the same situation at different times – but most of us don’t go around sharing those different feelings with everybody. Something happened in week 17 (maybe all that losing) that made Marshall unhappy about being a Bronco. Now that time has gone by, he is happy again.

I have no problem what so ever with him being a Bronco. We know his personality now, and it is not something we can’t live with. If just people would stop blowing every little thing he says out of proportion all the time.

Considering all the pros and cons from both sides, this would make the most sense…If another Team then wants to go after him it would force the situation for the Broncos to decide if they want to (continue to tolerate this issues or) match and keep him or take the draft picks and move on…I would prefer to move on but I would not be surprised (or dissapointed?) if McD believes that he can work with Brandon and is willing to take the gamble that he would stay the straight and narrow and avoid another league (or Team) suspension…VERY tough decision for McX and Co. but I am confident that they will think it through completely and make the best of the situation…

I don’t know if he really wants to be here… I want him here.
…just watched Ray Caruth on first take… BM’s a damn angel.

He can stay or he can go..The important thing is that this soap opera with the Broncos the last few years got to stop so we can concentrate on football. Go Broncos!!

because I think he’s just saying what he’s been told to say.

That said, my experience in 2009 has been that it is pointless to try & second-guess what McDaniels will do in any given situation. I’m inclined to believe, based on this past year (Marshall acts out, gets benched, is promised if he produces he’ll get paid, he produces, gets benched) if Bowlen does what he says he’d do & give Marshall a fair contract (fair, IMHO, would be to pay Marshall in line with what other top possession receivers (ala Wes Welker) make, as opposed to one of the top 5 in the league) Marshall may respond to the benching by coming back & producing again. The intangible at this point, IMO, is whether or not the Denver Front Office has any interest in continuing to play this game with Marshall.

When they said “We’re past that”, they were both being truthful. My impression is that the bridge is not only burned, but collapsed into the river and beyond repair. Brandon wants out, and the Coach agrees. All that is left is to work out the details on compensation. Next year the Reality Show that is BM’s career will be televised from a different venue.

I’ve invested more than enough time and words hoping that Marshall had seen the ills of his ways and was sincere about his commitment to his teammates, coaches, and owner.

It was all bullsh** then and I’ve seen no evidence from yesterday’s comments which would lead me to believe otherwise.

Be mindful that his comments came right after he was being celebrated for scoring a TD ala his post-game hug with McD after his huge TD in the Cowbows game. Of course everything is rainbows and unicorns when you’re being celebrated. It’s how Marshall responds to adversity and scrutiny which I measure his professionalism and commitment. THAT is what I’d be focusing on if I was the one who was responsible for giving him that second contract.

Just my opinion….

It doesn’t matter. He probably meant it when he promised himself he was done hitting women but in the heat of the moment, that all goes out the window. He is and will continue to be a disruption for whichever team he is on. Denver will be better off with a good trade.

Fool me seven times, shame on me.

Really nothing bad. BM will probably get tendered and nobody offers more so BM plays 2010 at $2.7 million (?). Does he get an extention? Not yet.
Sure messes up the mocks though!!
Take McClain at #10/11 and JD Walton at #45. Thanks for coming.

  The first thing I learn about the NFL is nobody is for sure what is going to happen until it does. I work here in AZ and I had the pleasure to do work with Jamie kennedy. Man was he funny, anyway he was 100% positive BMarsh was going to the Ravens. him and Bmarsh were good friends along with other Bronco players.I was so bummed about that. Ya he is a good as gone he kept saying. We went and talked football, he talked I listened. I am not an expert so it was to learn from an actual player. One thing that he said that got me thinking why Shanny might have been fired was the fact the players were starting to get frustrated and felt he was saying one thing to them and doing another. They lost trust in him as a coach. Even some the vested veterans. I just have to think that this isn’t good for the younger players to grasp. Hence the whiney actions from that younger players like Cuts,BMarsh, and sheft. Well unless I work or am a fly on wall I sit back wait for Draft day and wish for the best for my beloved Broncos.

Right before he was heading back for camp or something else for football.

but it is simply too hard to get past my cynicism. In our world, everyone fuzzes the edges of the truth to create “plausible deniability” so they can say one thing and do another. If Marshall or the Broncos were to tell the outright truth, then poof there goes any leverage their side might have. So they will hedge, weasel and outright lie to maintain that edge.

Until he signs a long-term contract, I am skeptical about Marshall professing his love for Denver. Until I see Marshall take the field in a Broncos uniform on opening day, I am skeptical about Denver professing their love for Marshall.

If Marshall has to leave, I will bid him fond farewell and hope the Broncos do everything in their power to maximize his trade value and find adequate replacements. If Marshall can continue to overcome his past and be a productive Broncos player and citizen, I will cheer for him.

Marshall’s comment about loving Denver only reminds us of what he said then:

Denver Broncos Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall said he wanted to be traded more than 18 months ago and said he “hated Denver,” according to documents obtained by the CALL7 Investigators.

Marshall was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Oct. 22, 2007, and according to the police report, he started verbally attacking the city of Denver and saying he wanted to leave the Broncos.

“I hate Denver. I hope I get traded. I hate this f******* city,” an officer wrote in the police report.

"I think that we’ve known Brandon Marshall is interested in a change of scenery, and I think these comments show that that change of scenery is probably not very new in his thinking its something that dates back to his arrest," Schefter said. "These are some deep-seated feelings that came out during this incident and now they have come to light."

I didn’t really have any choice in the matter.

His quote is almost verbatim of something Jay Cutler said this time last year…..

If he is sincere then I would love to have him on our team. I will find out how sincere he is come September when he is either a Bronco or is not.

Do I believe him? Well, if you’re asking if I believe that HE believed it in that exact moment – sure. folks like him always do. As far as "We’re past that ", no one got specific with him on what precisely that meant. Again – I’m sure that he believes what he says in the moment it comes out. Is is trustworthy? “Child, please….”

I recall Pat Bowlen’s remarks and I believe from them that they want him there and are willing to pay for the privilege. And, I think that there will be as many riders with regard to behavior and bonuses for performance as they can get him to sign, too.

   What i am more worried about and what the broncos should be worried about is how
 to get eddie royal out of the 2009 seasons funk and get him right and ready to produce
 for the 2010 season . Just sayin ..

However, as other posters have mentioned, this smacks of the way Cutler left. It got tense, then we thought it was smoothed over, and then BAM! He’s gone and we are all running around trying to find ways to justify getting behind Kyle Orton.

This is now the McX Files.

I voted “Yes” with the hope that there is some truth to what he is saying, however you never really know what is going to happen with the Brandon Marshall roller coaster. I honestly hope he stays because he is one of the top talented WRs in the league and a big asset to our offense.