Thread: Cutler Willing to Vouch for Marshall.................

Originally Posted by The Benjamin

He will, and it will.

The only question is how many games.

Why would the NFL suspend him anyway? It's not the first time a player is accused of being in a club melee. Isn't a fine enough?

Sometimes .... there's that one person that a guy like Marshall responds to. IF Cut is that guy, then hopefully things will settle down enough for him that his time as a Bear will be eventful only for TD passes. Maybe a solid man like Lovie will help in this dept also.

I'd say new team clean slate.... but we all know that the assinine media in this town won't leave it there. It'll be one of the first things they'll talk about when camp opens, and they'll bring it up with him time and time again ( like it's their business ). He doesn't get a clean slate - he get's a slate and that's it . There's bound to be a few bumps but hopefully they'll be small ones.

Originally Posted by motownbear

Im happy we got Marshal cause the price tag was low. Two thirds is shit. Teams are trading multiple first rounders to move up in a draft. And since Miami eats up the guaranteed portion he is cuttable at any time with no cap ramifications. So worse case scenario I wouldnt feel bad about losing draft picks Im so used to it from the past ten years under JA lol

Soul what price is worth it for Royal? Skins supposedly offered him 2 years 12 mil isnt that a bit much? or is it a number they threw out in the media to scare teams off him?

and I agree about Forte. Bush isnt backup quality he is starter quality and proved it last year for the Raiders. He would have been a 2 round pick if he didnt break his leg so people not thinking he is starting material cause of draft status are wrong. Now if we are serious about signing this guy does that open up the door to trade Forte? And what teams would give him a deal that have picks to lose? Im thinking Cleveland and Cinci both have holes at RB and have multiple first rounders so they can afford to lose picks in a trade. And Patriots if for once want to splurge on rb

Don't know mo. If he did turn that down then I think he thinks more of himself than most teams do. Maybe he's looking for a longer term deal with some guarantees I'm not sure. He has enough talent that I wouldn't be hesitant to offer him a 4 year deal for around $20 mil with a decent upfront bonus. Anymore than that and you make those $$$ incentive based. The trouble is with Marshall and Bennett as #1 and #2 he doesn't stand much chance of having a 1000 yard season unless one of them can't play.

You and I agree 100% on the Marshall trade. Cheap enough to take a risk and cuttable anytime too much trouble arises and except for his $9 mil price tag we couldn't have done better for a guy with his talent.

Cleveland and Cincy would probably be interested in Forte. I'd keep the phone lines open come draft day and if a good enough offer came along I'd sure be tempted to make him somebody else's problem. Marshall adds an element to the offense we were lacking in and he'll make Bennett even more productive. Emery is looking to accumulate some added offensive weapons and Forte and his agent should be paying some attention to that.