Brandon Marshall sick of Broncos
 

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Again, Broncos' Marshall seeks pay boost
Receiver's agent comes to team seeking new contract and leaves without it
By Mike Klis
The Denver Post
Posted: 08/17/2009 08:26:04 PM MDT
Updated: 08/18/2009 02:08:57 PM MDT


Broncos WR Brandon Marshall, right, at training camp Sunday (John Leyba, The Denver Post)Related
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Disgruntled Marshall back at Broncos' campDumervil ready to multitaskThat didn't take long.

On the first business day after Brandon Marshall was exonerated of battery charges following a trial Friday in Atlanta, his agent, Kennard McGuire, walked into Broncos headquarters at Dove Valley between training camp workout sessions Monday.

Two NFL sources said McGuire sought out Broncos management to get a feel for the team's position on giving Marshall a contract extension. The Broncos told McGuire that at this time they were not willing to rework the wide receiver's deal, which has one year and $2.2 million remaining.

Marshall then reiterated his trade demand that he first issued in June. The Broncos again told Marshall on Monday that they would not trade him.

Amid this contract disagreement was

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another issue that caused Broncos chief operating officer Joe Ellis to personally apologize to Marshall. A teammate had told Marshall that a member of the Broncos' public relations staff was telling players after their preseason game Friday night what to say if they were asked about Marshall's acquittal. According to one source, the players were told: "Don't say you're happy for Brandon. Say it's good for the organization that this is behind us."
Marshall, believing the PR staffer was getting a directive from a superior, met with Ellis on Monday. Accompanying the receiver was Harvey Steinberg, the lawyer who represented Marshall at his trial.

Ellis apologized to Marshall during the meeting. A team source said the PR staffer was independently offering the advice.

And so it goes with the Broncos and their young stars at Dove Valley.

Marshall was excused from the evening practice Monday — when not injured, he has been on a one-a-day camp schedule — and McGuire left the team's headquarters without comment around 6:40 p.m.

Despite issuing his trade request, Marshall is not planning a contract holdout, in part because he doesn't want to pay a daily fine of $15,888. He is expected to participate in the

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A big reason the Broncos are pausing at revisiting Marshall's contract is collective bargaining rules would allow the team to recoup only a small portion of any guarantee through a "morals clause."

Because he has been previously suspended for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, Marshall could be subject to a lengthy suspension with another off-field incident.

The Broncos would not have to pay Marshall any game checks for the length of his suspension, but the bulk of the money in football contracts is written into bonuses.

Let's use Roddy White as an example, as Marshall probably is. During his trip to Atlanta last week, Marshall spoke with White, the Atlanta Falcons' top receiver who recently received a six-year extension with an $18.6 million guarantee.

White recorded a combined 2,584 yards and 13 touchdowns the past two years while in that same period Marshall had 2,590 yards and 13 touchdowns.

If the Broncos gave Marshall a similar $18.6 million guarantee, they could use the morals clause to recover only $775,000 (25 percent of the prorated bonus in the particular year of his suspension).

As for trading Marshall, his off-field issues, offseason hip surgery and desires for a new contract figure to make it difficult for the Broncos to receive fair value in return.

Mike Klis: 303-954-1055 or mklis@denverpost.com

Stay strong Marshall, don't let those dam Denver suits push you around!!!!!!!!!!!

So, today (the 20th of August)... you've posted an article from the 17th (updated on the 18th) of August that provides nothing different from the two other Marshall related threads. And, you've posted on the other threads...

Fantastic!

Damn Straight!

Brandon Marshall wants a new contract?!?!?!!?!?

Since when?!?!?!

Oh yeah... Since May.

Why the media wants to try and create new stories out of old news is beyond me.:shake:

You have become a very, very evil little donkey fan.

Well, with the popularity of the other threads (and seeing BCF post in them)... I kinda figured this wasn't going to be 3 day old material, that has already been posted. I dunno...

We as Chiefs fans have suffered through winning 6 games the last two years and the whole Herm Edwards era.. finally the team appears to be on the upswing so excuse us for getting excited and having a little fun around here when our hated division rival now appears to be faltering/imploding.

Don't get me wrong... I totally understand, but it was just a repeat of another thread already in the top half of the first page.

If he was already on my team, I'd want him. If he wasn't, I wouldn't. Trouble and injury

C'mon! Gimme my allowance! I'll be good, I SWEAR!!!

Looks like the Broncos are becoming sick of Marshall.
 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4415965
Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall didn't travel with the team for a Saturday night preseason game in Seattle.

Marshall, who has completely recovered from offseason hip surgery and is ready to play, has most recently expressed dismay with the Broncos over their refusal to redo his contract or trade him and with their handling of his acquittal on battery charges last week, when players were told by a staffer not to say they were happy for him.

Marshall had boycotted the Broncos' offseason workouts, at first to recover from the surgery but then in protest of his contract and what he felt was the team's misdiagnosis of his hip injury.

Coach Josh McDaniels said after practice Thursday that he hadn't decided on playing plans for Marshall, who missed the preseason opener at San Francisco last week while attending his court case in Atlanta.

But McDaniels said he would meet with his staff later to determine whether Marshall would play.

Ater practice Thursday, Marshall spent more than 30 minutes talking with special teams coordinator Mike Phifer at midfield while former Broncos great Rod Smith spent the same amount of time tutoring second-year wideout Eddie Royal about 60 yards away.

Smith formerly served as Marshall's mentor after the fourth-year pro was suspended for last season's opener over a series of domestic disputes.

Reporters were shooed away before getting a chance to speak with either Marshall or Smith, who declined an invitation to go to the media room, according to a team spokesman.

Broncos just keep on killing themselves. ROFLROFLROFL

Maybe they'll trade him to Chicago for one of their backup WRs. :)

Brandon Marshall isn't healthy enough to play anyways. That is why he isn't going to Seattle.

Where is ESPN's story on how Brian Dawkins didn't go to Seattle???????????

Cutler's not traveling with the Broncos, either. Anything to that? Should we be concerned?