Brandon Marshall Plans On Getting Ejected

Added on Oct 14, 2011 by Scott in

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It’s been a rough start to the 2011 season for the Miami Dolphins. Chad Henne is out for the year with a shoulder injury, Reggie Bush has been a flop, head coach Tony Sparano is on the hot seat and the team is 0-4. In an effort to help motivate himself (and presumably his teammates), Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall plans on wearing his heart on his sleeve when he takes the field Monday night. So much so that he’ll get ejected from the game. Wait, what?

Marshall is no stranger to erratic behavior and curious statements, but getting ejected seems a tad extreme.

“I’m not joking. I’m serious,” Marshall told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “They’re going to fine me. It’s probably going to be like a $50,000 fine. But that quarter and a half that I’m out there, I’m going to play like a monster.”

For the Dolphins sake, let’s hope he is joking. Even though Marshall has seemingly dropped more passes than he’s caught this season, not having him available for the majority of a difficult matchup with the Jets isn’t a recipe for winning.

Marshall feels he hasn’t played with enough emotion thus far. His solution is to exchange blows with Bart Scott or Antonio Cromartie. Sounds like something a guy with borderline personality disorder might say, which makes sense because Marshall was diagnosed with that very affliction during the offseason.

Sparano doesn’t seem too concerned by Marshall’s comments and is confident his petulant pass catcher won’t do anything rash on Monday night.

“Obviously, Brandon was 50 percent kidding,” Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said. “I know one thing about that guy: He’s not going to do anything to hurt this football team. I know the people in that locker room are important to him, and this guy has worked really hard.”

Rather than getting tossed out, Marshall might want to help out quarterback Matt Moore by making some clutch catches.

Whatever the case, this whole story is much ado about nothing. Perhaps it’s a clever ploy by ESPN to get people to watch what will likely be a boring game between two under .500 teams. Nah, the media would never blow a story out of proportion for personal gain. Right?

Source: ESPN.com