-Just saw the ESPN story on Denver Broncos' wide receiver Brandon Marshall and his seven--count them, seven--counts of domestic abuse. In an interview with Bob Ley, when asked what do the abuse accusations say about him, he attempted to dodge the question by brown-nosing the NFL and lightly admitting that "it's a problem".NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gave Marshall a 4-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy last season, and for a player with the talent of Marshall, this is disappointing to see.
Though he has never actually been responsible for a shooting or a mass brawl, Marshall is starting to look a lot like former Titan/Cowboy/current NFL bad boy Adam "Pacman" Jones. He seems to feel as if he is above the league and maybe a longer suspension will be something that may be in order to set him straight. He's only going into his fourth season in the league, so if he reforms now, he can save a promising career, but as of now, he bares a striking resemblance to the career of Jones, who started early in his career with the criminal extracurriculars and has subsequently been black-balled by the NFL and it's teams. If Marshall isn't careful, he could end up like Jones.
No team wants to take a chance on a P.R. nightmare in a time when the commissioner can be a bit suspension/fine happy at times.
Like Pacman, Marshall has never been a locker room distraction so much to the team, but more just a hazard to himself.
Marshall will be playing under a young coach in Josh McDaniels starting this season and maybe playing under a coach who is closer and more relateable to himself will help him rehabilitate, it'll be interesting to see how he adjusts.
Thoughts?
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