Brandon Marshall To The Dolphins
The trade of two 2nd round picks from the Dolphins to the Broncos in exchange for WR Brandon Marshall sure was a big move. On the other hand it's odd to see Marshall traded for such a high price while WR Santonio Holmes was just handed to the Jets. Marshall has had his fair share of problems too. I'm not sure it's a good move for either team, but it sure can be exciting:
First off, it's clear that this move has re-energized the Miami fan base. Every Dolphin fan I have spoken to today has been ecstatic about the move made by Bill Parcells and company.
I was going to leave it hanging with that quote, but my knock on Marshall is that he puts up big stats because they throw the him ball so much. His 11.1 yards/catch isn't that great. On the other hand, the Broncos didn't have a great 2009 draft so I'm not sure they'll use their two new 2nd round picks wisely either.
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To be honest
He´s made Cutler a Pro Bowl QB (which obviously won´t happen in Chicago any time soon) and actually made Kyle Orton look decent for a handfull of games. Granted, Cutler is in the top half of QB´s on a good day but Orton is a scrap-player – Marshall hasen´t really had a good QB making him look good, more like it´s the other way around. Now letting Santonio go for THAT price seems like part of a giant tilt going on in Steel City – not a lot of news get´s through to Denmark about Roethlisbergers alleged assault, so I´ll presume he´s still innocent ´till proven guilty and that the accuser is kindda dodgy, but please correct me if I´m wrong. Seems to me that recent NFL.com reports that they wanna trade him too, trying to get Bradford instead is a Rooney-family melt-down.
I don´t care much about off-field problems when they´re just allegations and the player in question doesn´t present a locker-room problem. When you´ve got a franchise QB who´s already won you two rings and is a top tier player at his position, you´ve gotta need more than this to wanna get rid of him? Just like handing Santonio to an already dangerous Conference-rival who´s upgraded majorly in FA, seems out of proportion with regard to his violation in my eyes. Guess the Rooneys liked not being in the play-offs this past season…

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