UPDATE: Schefter reporting Brandon Marshall asked to be traded

The Ram

The Ram

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Ruh-row. He's rehabbing from hip surgery in Florida but is required to show up regardless of his situation. He's in the last year of his rookie contract and will make $2.198 which is way below his production on the field. His BS off the field may be the one thing that prevents him from getting paid by the Donkos this year or maybe any year.

The fines start now unless he has a very good reason. Doogie is on record as of Wednesday as expecting "...all his players to show up for mandatory camp...." so unless something changed last night Marshall can expect to be paying out until he shows up.

Hip injury + possible hold out = plummeting fantasy value.

ETA: Thanks RC for the contract value.


ETAA: Adam Schefter is reporting Brandon Marshall asked to be traded in his meeting with owner Pat Bowlen. Heeeere we go again.
 
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efactor

efactor

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I have been one of Marshall's biggest supporters, but am starting to have my doubts. Hope he gets it together and doesn't waste his talent. Getting rid of him for Jacobs in Shula is starting to look like a good move.

However, passing on Wayne for Marshall in an early draft league, not so much..............
 
Remote Controller

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I have to admit that I would be more concerned about him if he felt the need to Twitter about getting his face tattooed. I will not draft him this year. No Cutler, No Brains, No draft!!
 
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  • -- Brandon Marshall Watch --
    Fri Jun 12, 2009 --from FFMastermind.com​
  • The Denver Post reports Broncos WR Brandon Marshall (offseason hip surgery) is expected to show up at the Broncos training facility today, but neither he nor his agent is directly confirming it. Marshall, the Broncos' top receiver with 100-plus catches each of the past two seasons, has missed the past three weeks of the team's "voluntary" minicamps because of medical trust and contract issues. If he doesn't show up for the start of a three-day minicamp today, the Broncos would have a problem, because participation is mandatory. Broncos HC Josh McDaniels has said he expects Marshall's return to the team today. "We understand what is mandatory and what is voluntary," said Marshall's agent, Kennard McGuire. "There is no dispute in interpreting the two." Marshall underwent hip surgery April 1 and had been rehabilitating at the team's Dove Valley facilities until May 20, when he met with McDaniels to communicate his desire for a new contract. He made a brief return to Denver two weeks ago, but only to deal with an ESPN report that rehashed his past legal trouble with his former girlfriend, Rasheedah Watley. Marshall is in the final year of a rookie deal that will pay him $2.198 million this season. Perhaps his primary concern, though, is he might not be eligible for the potential riches of unrestricted free agency after this season if the league owners and players union don't negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. With owners opting out of the current CBA, fourth-year players such as Marshall would be limited to restricted free agency, where the pay scale can pale next to the potential of unrestricted free agency. McGuire said two weeks ago, though, that Marshall's absence is more of a trust issue regarding the Broncos' medical team and the hip injury. In the most recent posting on his website, Marshall wrote: "It's kind of funny now, but some of my coaches thought I was getting 'big-headed' and just didn't want to practice, but I needed some fine-tuning.
 
The Ram

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And the beat goes on. Called this as soon as Doogie started his "reconstruction" of the Broncos. Malcontents don't fit into the program.
 
Phicinfan

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:wow: MAJOR Royal and Scheffler love if this is true......
 
efactor

efactor

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Would look good in scarlet and gold lining up opposite Crabtree..........:grin:

That won't happen of course, but maybe he reunites with Cutler in Chicago.........
 
The Ram

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Linkage to the interview where Adam Schefter is reporting Brandon Marshall showed up in Denver and met with owner Pat Bowlen to request a trade.

Marshall won't get his wish right now because as a gimp he won't fetch the price the rest of the NFL should pay for a young and dominant receiver. If he wants out of Denver he needs to show up and prove without question he's healthy and still has juice. If he does that and teams are willing to pony up first rounders or players there's no question he gets traded.
 
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ExperiencedRookie

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What in the heck is going on in Denver? If Marshall goes, that offense is really going to struggle. Royal is not the type of guy who can carry a passing offense, especially with Orton at QB and a rookie at RB.

This is getting really bad.
 
The Ram

The Ram

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Yes and no. Marshall without question is a dominant player on the field. However he's proven through actions off the field that he's got a million dollar body with a $ 0.10 brain. Yes, they lose a dominant young receiver with skills akin to Fitzgerald or Anquan Boldin.

But will the offense lose the overall production or will it be further distributed among the rest of the players? Before Randy hit New England they were moving the ball with midgets and mutts like Branch and PatteRn. Doogie is nothing if not arrogant. He likely believes with all his heart that he can go back to that Charlie Weiss offense he learned from prior to landing Randy Moss and suceed.

The Broncos may be screwed either way. If they acquiesce to Marshall's demand of a trade they've set precedent #2 that if you want out of Denver all you need to do is pout and pitch a hissy fit. If they pay him then they set a new precedent that a player almost has nothing to lose by requesting a trade. Either he moves on and gets paid or he stays put and gets paid. The final option is tell him to suck it up and play out his contract and deal with the bs to ensue this season and then deal with it next year.
 
Miller

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If Marshall is gone, I will be officially jumping off the Orton bandwagon and staying as far away from anything Denver as i can. What is going on, Doogie trying to set a record for the quickest destrustion of an NFL team in league history?
 
The Ram

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ExperiencedRookie said:
Orton is no Tom Brady though.
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Swap out the ability to impregnate super models with a neckbeard and the similarities are.....ok you're right. :trampolin



Adding to the speculative fun:

Broncos sign Brandon Lloyd

The Denver Broncos on Monday signed free-agent wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, it was announced. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Lloyd is a seventh-year wide receiver who joins the Broncos after playing for Chicago, Washington and San Francisco. He entered the NFL with the 49ers as a fourth-round choice in the 2003 NFL Draft from the University of Illinois.

In 79 career regular-season games with 47 starts, Lloyd has totaled 156 receptions for 2,253 yards with 15 touchdowns. He owns four 100-yard receiving games and has started at least 12 games in a season three times for his NFL career.

Lloyd saw time in 11 games with five starts for the Bears in 2008, registering 26 receptions for 364 yards with two touchdowns. He started all four of Chicago’s games in September, posting a team-high 249 receiving yards on 15 catches that ranked 20th in the NFL while tying for eighth in the league in yards per reception during that time.
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