I definitely see both sides of this fight. Marshall is only going to make, at best, this year about 2.2 million. Larry Fitzgerald is going to make 10 million, Andre Johnson is around 7.5 million, and Braylon Edwards is about 5.5 million. Now, I'm not saying the Brandon Marshall is at the level (yet) of Fitzgerald or Johnson, but he's definitely at or above the level of Edwards. Marshall has averaged 103 catches and almost 1,300 yards the last two years, which are definitely elite numbers for a receiver and the reason he is upset about not getting a new contract offered to him.
But here's the Broncos question: Can you stay out of trouble and stop getting suspended? Plain and simple, if Marshall didn't have a rap sheet from the past he would already have his 6-10 million dollar a year multi-year contract. However, he has been juvenile and unpredictable which give good reason why Bowlen and McDaniels are not seeing eye to eye with our prized receiver.
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I'm on the fence too. Great talent but doesn't get great seperation. A lot of his circus catches were on high fastballs that only JC can throw. I'm a little curious how he'll do in a McDaniels system running short, precise, timed routes, especially the first time Orton hangs him out to dry.
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