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08-09-2012, 09:55 AM
A decent read from Silver, mostly a pro-Bears piece. Yet another piece of evidence about the abortion that was the McD era. Relevant for tonight's matchup, preseason though it may be.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--bears-brandon-marshall--jay-cutler-look-to-finish-what-they-started-before-josh-mcdaniels.html
Bears Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler look to finish what they started before Josh McDaniels' reign
By Michael Silver | Yahoo! Sports
"We're playing the Broncos [Thursday], and I'm just looking at that logo," Marshall says, shaking his head. "It was one of those situations where a lot of us could have ended our career there. It sucked at the time when it was all blowing up but I think it happened for the best, and we're in a better place now because of it."
McDaniels, a Bill Belichick disciple who was also given control of the front office, clashed with Cutler from the start. Marshall hated the decision to trade Cutler then and mocks it now.
"Maybe Josh would have done it again," Marshall says, "but maybe not. I don't know what he was thinking. I know a lot of people on the outside consider that a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad move.
"Did I say 'very'?"
"It's kind of obvious that I handled it the wrong way," Marshall says. "But we were coming off an offseason where the owner and I sat down and he told me he would trade me, and it was kind of an emotional conversation. He let my agent start facilitating trades. We had a few teams that were ready. And I guess McDaniels went in and said, 'Let me have some more time.' And when I got back they said they weren't going to extend me or trade me."
Shortly before that infamous practice meltdown, Marshall recalls, McDaniels reversed course and told him the team was open to signing him to an extension. When Marshall balked at the team's offer, the conflict escalated.
He sent over some numbers, and it was honestly one of those things where, 'If you rush for four touchdowns, you can earn your number … '– you know, stuff that they control," Marshall says. "I was like, 'There's no way I can agree to that.' So when I got back we still weren't seeing eye to eye and he brought me in the office and said, 'Well now, it's conduct detrimental to the team if you don't do this, this and that.' And I said, 'Well, what happened to the contract you said we were gonna get done?'
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--bears-brandon-marshall--jay-cutler-look-to-finish-what-they-started-before-josh-mcdaniels.html
Lots of other stuff in the article too, these are just a few excerpts.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--bears-brandon-marshall--jay-cutler-look-to-finish-what-they-started-before-josh-mcdaniels.html
Bears Brandon Marshall, Jay Cutler look to finish what they started before Josh McDaniels' reign
By Michael Silver | Yahoo! Sports
"We're playing the Broncos [Thursday], and I'm just looking at that logo," Marshall says, shaking his head. "It was one of those situations where a lot of us could have ended our career there. It sucked at the time when it was all blowing up but I think it happened for the best, and we're in a better place now because of it."
McDaniels, a Bill Belichick disciple who was also given control of the front office, clashed with Cutler from the start. Marshall hated the decision to trade Cutler then and mocks it now.
"Maybe Josh would have done it again," Marshall says, "but maybe not. I don't know what he was thinking. I know a lot of people on the outside consider that a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad move.
"Did I say 'very'?"
"It's kind of obvious that I handled it the wrong way," Marshall says. "But we were coming off an offseason where the owner and I sat down and he told me he would trade me, and it was kind of an emotional conversation. He let my agent start facilitating trades. We had a few teams that were ready. And I guess McDaniels went in and said, 'Let me have some more time.' And when I got back they said they weren't going to extend me or trade me."
Shortly before that infamous practice meltdown, Marshall recalls, McDaniels reversed course and told him the team was open to signing him to an extension. When Marshall balked at the team's offer, the conflict escalated.
He sent over some numbers, and it was honestly one of those things where, 'If you rush for four touchdowns, you can earn your number … '– you know, stuff that they control," Marshall says. "I was like, 'There's no way I can agree to that.' So when I got back we still weren't seeing eye to eye and he brought me in the office and said, 'Well now, it's conduct detrimental to the team if you don't do this, this and that.' And I said, 'Well, what happened to the contract you said we were gonna get done?'
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--bears-brandon-marshall--jay-cutler-look-to-finish-what-they-started-before-josh-mcdaniels.html
Lots of other stuff in the article too, these are just a few excerpts.