The Baltimore Ravens would be well served to find a good playmaker at wide receiver, but clearly one of the popular options, putting together a package to trade for Brandon Marshall would be a serious "error in judgment."
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Marshall's conduct leading to a team suspension this week show exactly why this player has no place in the purple and gold. While he was recently let off on charges of domestic violence, he has that legacy hanging over him too.
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It shows contempt for team and coaching to not run with the rest of the team, but to punt a ball away he should have just tossed to the ball boy? This fellow is a primetime jerk. The Broncos responded and Marshall is gone for the rest of the preseason, at least. The bottom line is Marshall is a trouble maker, a head case, and a selfish player.
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Here are the news accounts for more information on his acting up in training camp.
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While Marshall might be trying to force Denver's hand to trade him and the team might see cutting loose such a trouble maker, the Ravens don't need a player who could be one misstep away from a long jail sentence or could erupt into a clubhouse nightmare.
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Yes, the Denver Broncos organization appears to be in a tailspin since firing long time coach, Mike Shanahan, but nothing justifies Brandon Marshall's out of control behavior.
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We've heard the talk show callers and some sportscasters say couldn't Ray Lewis tuck Marshall under his wing and show him the way the Ravens clubhouse operates?
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To that we respond maybe Ray could or maybe he couldn't. Ray Lewis commands a lot of respect from his teammates, but he's a linebacker not a baby sitter. The best indication of how Marshall would behave with the Ravens is to examine his past which has been pure hell going back to his time in college. It's not a matter of a couple miscues, but a long standing pattern of a variety of problems. The guy is trouble, period.
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Character matters. NFL teams are challenged versus the easy fix of taking on a "dangerous dude" with a record of illegal or immoral behavior versus holding out for character guys. The question we would ask of Ravens' brass or any other NFL team's leadership, if a team signs a player who gets arrested for wife beating, dog killing, or another nightclub incident, how is a father supposed to explain one of a team's top performer's arrest to his son?
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In the long run, the teams that take extra care in evaluating a player's heart, the better off the team will be in the long run.
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