A few Twitter snipets from Marshalls press conf. today

MikeBerardino Marshall suggests henne failed to throw the ball downfield to him enough, played scared of mistakes

BenVolinPBP RT @KLV760 Marshall says he's not sure if him and Henne can be "great". Says it needs to be "evaluated".

ArmandoSalguero Reading between the lines of Brandon Marshall presser, he loves Sparano but isn't too thrilled about Chad Henne and Dan Henning.

ArmandoSalguero Asked if he thinks Chad Henne can become great Brandon Marshall says, "I'm not sure."

MikeBerardino Marshall says dan henning is "a great guy ... Wise man" but doesn't exactly endorse him



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/30/2010 10:34AM by dolphaholic.

dolphaholic Wrote:
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> A few Twitter snipets from Marshalls press conf.
> today
>
> MikeBerardino Marshall suggests henne failed to
> throw the ball downfield to him enough, played
> scared of mistakes
>
It's about time. I've been expecting Marshall to come out about this much earlier. It goes hand-in-hand with his prima donna reputation...but in this case he's absolutely right (and I don't think fans will hold it against him for saying it).

MikeBerardino Marshall suggests henne failed to
> throw the ball downfield to him enough, played
> scared of mistakes

That is bad coaching!

Hard to hold it against a person when they call the sky blue, up is up and down is down. Hard to argue with him too.

He sounds just like T.O. Nothing classy about this jerk.
If he could actually catch half of the balls that he dropped then his numbers would be considerably more impressive.
Shut the FU and quit blaming somebody else for your mediocre performance.

Fans expected an opening up of the passing game with Marshall and that did not happen. His comment about throwing the ball up for grabs is a little too dangerous, but conceptually, he wants more opportunities down field, not the 10 yard stuff. I'm okay with trying it, but...I'm afraid it's too late to make any difference this season because Henne's not accurate enough to connect on 30+ yard passes. Nothing good will come of it against NE.

Marshall did not live up to his billing despite making lots of short catches and dropping way to many that may have made a difference in a game. His foolish antics hurt plays and team momentum. He has a lot to learn about just how wonderful he really is as a team player.

Hooligan2 Wrote:
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> He sounds just like T.O. Nothing classy about this
> jerk.
> If he could actually catch half of the balls that
> he dropped then his numbers would be considerably
> more impressive.
> Shut the FU and quit blaming somebody else for
> your mediocre performance.


True he hasnt been consistan in catching them, and not causing stupid penalties, however I wouldnt call him a jerk, just a guy who isnt affraid of telling or showing how he fees, which I agree isnt the best way to go about it, however he isnt wrong in his assesstment.

Also if he wasnt hurt for 2 games he would be around the 100 reception mark.

His play although not great is good and solid.

We need a big blazing speed type WR.

If we had one of those to match with Marshall, Hartline, and Bess....we would be set!

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"When you suck long enough, you get a Hickey"

Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> We need a big blazing speed type WR.
>
> If we had one of those to match with Marshall,
> Hartline, and Bess....we would be set!


See, I disagree. We add one speed WR, and we still have 3 WR with below average speed. And the two primary WR are guys who are really slow and who both work the same part of the field. I have real doubts if Marshall and Bess can co-exist within our offense without bogging it down. And not just the passing game, the running game, too, because they are still going to draw the safeties close to the line. I think it was a mistake to pair them together. Marshall is not a true X receiver, because he is not a deep threat. And we are paying him like he is an X. But, if we played him more like an X, and sent him on deeper routes, he wouldn't get as many catches, and he'd complain even more and commit more intentional penalties. He is a bad fit, given our existing personnel. And do you think it's good having a WR telling a young QB to throw the ball to him no matter what the coverage, when the coaches are telling him the opposite? Marshall is not running the offense, and he should do his job and keep his mouth shut. Mike Shanahan drafted him. And he needs a possession WR. Maybe we could get Washington to give us two second round picks for him. Then we could add a veteran deep threat and a rookie deep threat, and spread the ball around a lot more.

dolfanmark Wrote:
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> Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> > We need a big blazing speed type WR.
> >
> > If we had one of those to match with Marshall,
> > Hartline, and Bess....we would be set!
>
>
> See, I disagree. We add one speed WR, and we still
> have 3 WR with below average speed. And the two
> primary WR are guys who are really slow and who
> both work the same part of the field. I have real
> doubts if Marshall and Bess can co-exist within
> our offense without bogging it down.

Marshall and Bess are our best 2 WRs, but Bess is our #3 (slot) WR. We need a speed guy at #2, which leaves Hartline as our #4. Unfortunately, I think Hartline is too good to be a #4. Hence, I still think we should try to trade Hartline.