Chicago Tribune Column -- Day After the Marshall Trade
Sept 22, 2015 10:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by Lithfan on Sept 22, 2015 10:48:30 GMT -5
I remember reading this at the time -- pretty much summed up the feeling in Chicago after the trade. Pretty funny:
www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-marshall-bears-jets-rosenbloom-20150306-column.html
www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-marshall-bears-jets-rosenbloom-20150306-column.html
Give Ryan Pace a raise: He somehow traded Brandon Marshall
No wonder the Jets stink as a franchise.
I don’t care if Ryan Pace traded B Drago to the Jets for nothing more than a kiss from Joe Namath, that would be enough.
Dumping Marshall was the point. Clearing his heavy baggage and divisive ways out of Halas Hall was the entire goal.
That the Bears rookie general manager reportedly got a mid-round draft pick in return for the embarrassing wide receiver is just a straight pansting.
Give Pace a raise. Extend his contract. I don’t care that he just got here. Do you realize what he just did?
Pace found a team stupid enough to give up something for a player the Bears were going to cut next week.
What’s more, the market is flooded with wide receivers, and this draft is stocked with them --- but yet Pace got something for Marshall that is more than just saving cash and salary cap space.
No wonder the Jets stink as a franchise. It’s like they hijacked Phil Emery’s stupid gas.
Marshall has become more uncoachable and intolerable each year he has been a Bear. He is over 30, coming off injury, proven less productive, and has aliented half of Halas Hall, if not more.
It got to the point that the coach couldn’t say Marshall ran the wrong pattern for fear that the wideout would spontaneously combust or something.
Marshall was all kinds of loud, fake leadership. He has never been to the playoffs in his NFL career, and now he’s bringing his laughable act to one of the few teams last year’s horrible Bears were able to beat. Good luck with that.
The deal won’t be official until the league year begins Tuesday afternoon. The deal also cannot be official until Marshall passes a physical.
If this goes through, Bears fans, you have every right to dream of big things under Pace. He knew Marshall was a bad actor who needed excising. He saw what a loser the guy is in a locker room setting.
Pace pretty much told everybody what he thought of Marshall when he said a team’s best players have to be its best leaders and that football has to be Priority No. 1.
Marshall is on record as saying that winning a Super Bowl is not his priority. Using the NFL as a platform for his causes is his priority. Some leader, huh?
Marshall also wants to continue appearing on “Inside the NFL,’’ and now he’ll be closer to the studio while remaining just as far from being a winner.
Friday became a great day for Pace the Bears. Now, double down, Ryan. See if the Jets are dumb enough to trade for Jay Cutler.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune
No wonder the Jets stink as a franchise.
I don’t care if Ryan Pace traded B Drago to the Jets for nothing more than a kiss from Joe Namath, that would be enough.
Dumping Marshall was the point. Clearing his heavy baggage and divisive ways out of Halas Hall was the entire goal.
That the Bears rookie general manager reportedly got a mid-round draft pick in return for the embarrassing wide receiver is just a straight pansting.
Give Pace a raise. Extend his contract. I don’t care that he just got here. Do you realize what he just did?
Pace found a team stupid enough to give up something for a player the Bears were going to cut next week.
What’s more, the market is flooded with wide receivers, and this draft is stocked with them --- but yet Pace got something for Marshall that is more than just saving cash and salary cap space.
No wonder the Jets stink as a franchise. It’s like they hijacked Phil Emery’s stupid gas.
Marshall has become more uncoachable and intolerable each year he has been a Bear. He is over 30, coming off injury, proven less productive, and has aliented half of Halas Hall, if not more.
It got to the point that the coach couldn’t say Marshall ran the wrong pattern for fear that the wideout would spontaneously combust or something.
Marshall was all kinds of loud, fake leadership. He has never been to the playoffs in his NFL career, and now he’s bringing his laughable act to one of the few teams last year’s horrible Bears were able to beat. Good luck with that.
The deal won’t be official until the league year begins Tuesday afternoon. The deal also cannot be official until Marshall passes a physical.
If this goes through, Bears fans, you have every right to dream of big things under Pace. He knew Marshall was a bad actor who needed excising. He saw what a loser the guy is in a locker room setting.
Pace pretty much told everybody what he thought of Marshall when he said a team’s best players have to be its best leaders and that football has to be Priority No. 1.
Marshall is on record as saying that winning a Super Bowl is not his priority. Using the NFL as a platform for his causes is his priority. Some leader, huh?
Marshall also wants to continue appearing on “Inside the NFL,’’ and now he’ll be closer to the studio while remaining just as far from being a winner.
Friday became a great day for Pace the Bears. Now, double down, Ryan. See if the Jets are dumb enough to trade for Jay Cutler.
Copyright © 2015, Chicago Tribune
