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Hey Broncos, No One Wants Brandon Marshall, You’re Stuck With Him
Published: August 28, 2009
No that’s not Brandon Llyod wearing number 84, that’s disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Marshall with a scout-team jersey. And yes, those are Bronco pajama bottoms. He sure takes practice seriously.
First that, and then his recent antics in practice. Marshall is making the Broncos’ practices, and the organization as a whole, look like a joke. Not only that, but he made himself look like an immature fool while killing any interest any other NFL team may have had in him.
As punishment, the Broncos gave him a two week suspension…That’ll teach him.
All that, and the Broncos claim they aren’t going to trade him and haven’t been in negotiations with other teams.
Bull shit.
If you believe that, then you’re probably one of those people who believed Cutler wouldn’t be traded, Santa Claus filled your stockings, Favre would stay retired, and the war was over after Bush’s “victory achieved speech.”
Now, because all of that happened, the Broncos have lost all leverage they had in trading Marshall. Even if they wanted to trade him now, it is pretty much too late. They should have traded him before he made a jackass of himself, killing his trade value.
No doubt the Broncos have been working day and night to get rid of this head-case. The only problem is no one else wants him. Or at least, no one will pay what the Broncos want, which is likely in the neighborhood of a first and a third-round draft-pick.
The Broncos are stuck with their high-flying, injury-prone, suspension-prone, arrest-prone, problem child of a receiver.
The Giants don’t want him and their fans don’t want the baggage that comes with him. Plus the Giants just spent two draft picks on receivers Hakeem Nicks and Ramses Barden.
The Ravens don’t want him; Derrick Mason just pulled a Brett Favre and un-retired. Plus, the Ravens don’t deal with players with off-the-field issues and character issues.
The Jets don’t want him simply for the same reason the Ravens don’t want him. Former Ravens DC Rex Ryan doesn’t deal with head-cases like Marshall, either.
The 49ers don’t want him; they already have enough diva receivers in Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis. Why give up another first-round draft-pick just to add another talented distraction. Plus, I don’t think Marshall is the type to be motivated by male frontal nudity.
The Bears? Yeah, I’m sure they’re interested, but Marshall will not land on the Bears as long as the Broncos have anything to say about it.
You can just simply rule out the rest of the AFC west because the Broncos won’t trade him within the division. And the other three teams in the AFC west won’t even consider Marshall unless they know they are getting the upper hand in the deal.
Then you can go ahead and rule out all of the Broncos’ 2009 opponents. How would it make the Broncos look if Marshall came back to Denver on an opposing team, only to have a huge game in a win over the Broncos.
The only way I see anyone trading for Marshall is if one team becomes desperate before the week six trade deadline, like the Cowboys did last year.
The Broncos can’t even just cut or release Marshall. If they do, then they run the risk of him being reunited with Cutler, or even worse, being picked up by a division rival.
So what’s going to happen with Brandon Marshall?
The simple answer is Bronco fans are going to get exactly what they all wanted…Brandon Marshall will remain a Denver Bronco.
And not only do they get Brandon Marshall, they get a huge distraction who undermines the coaching. They get a disgruntled player who cares more about himself than the team and will negatively influence some of the younger Broncos. And quite simply, they get a waste of roster space and talent.
But that is what the Broncos are stuck with.
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