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....and that's why Miami is a basketball town now.
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....and that's why Miami is a basketball town now.
LOL, oh man what a joke Miami is these days. I hate owners who outright lie to their fans. We got a steal on this trade IMO but I really do have to feel sorry for Miami with completely terrible ownership.
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Originally Posted by
nelliewilson Phin fans don't like Ross but they hate Ireland even more.
Reminds of the years when we had Dave Wannstedt. Aw come on man. It took me a whole lot of years and a whole lot of whiskey to forget him and now the nightmares will start all over again. Pass me that bottle will ya'? 
I'm getting to that age where a lifetime warranty just doesn't mean as much to me anymore as an afternoon nap. 
Honey Badger Don't Care. Honey Badger Don't Give a Shit.
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Ireland should go buy some colon cleanser because he's full of poop. What else is he going to say to the Dolphin fanbase when your whole offseason has been an abject failure? That clown is blowing smoke up everyone's backside to make it look like he duped the Bears. There's no way I'm going to believe that they were just going to cut Marshall outright. 80something catches last year and 1200yds and a franchise that is devoid of any appealing playmakers and they were going to just cut him loose without even getting all the facts of the nightclub incident? Yea sure you were buddy.
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No way they were going to cut him; that's a PR move. And I have no problem w/him telling his fans that b/c it eases the pain of a bad FA and a worse trade.
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Easy to say anything u want to ... after the fact.
This guy is a BS artist and I'm surprised JA isn't the GM down there; it's a perfect fit.
What should you call any : Fumble , Hold , Interception , Three and out , or Sack ?
A " F.H.I.T.S " ? or a J'Marcus ?
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I'm not buying this crap. I can't think of a time when anyone ever cut a guy who has been a top 5 NFL receiver throughout his career getting nothing for him. Nice try but no cigar for you Stephen Ross. Whatever story you want to pass off on your very unsupportive fans is fine but even for 2 thirds we got a bargain.
Bears' Marshall might have hit open market
By Brad Biggs Chicago Tribune reporter 10:24 a.m. CDT, March 24, 2012
One of the questions posed to Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery after the trade for Brandon Marshall was why the team didn't wait to complete a fact-finding mission into the nightclub event that occurred two days before the deal was announced.
Marshall has been accused of punching a 24-year-old woman in the face. although no charges have been filed and the wide receiver's attorney has painted a far different picture, saying Marshall and his wife were the actual victims.
Just as they were learning about this incident, the Bears traded two third-round draft picks to the Miami Dolphins for Marshall -- the third-rounder acquired last summer from the Carolina Panthers in the Greg Olsen deal -- and the club's 2013 third-round selection.
Turns out, the Dolphins were very near the point of dumping Marshall. According to the Sun-Sentinel, owner Stephen Ross said the club was close to releasing the 27-year-old Pro Bowl performer after no one would return their calls in efforts to trade him.
Ross called Jason Lawrence, a Dolphins' season-ticket holder for more than 20 years, and explained the Marshall situation and many other current events surrounding the franchise, according to Izzy Gould of the Sun-Sentinel.
"(Ross) said they had been shopping (Marshall) for a couple weeks," Lawrence told the Sun-Sentinel. "Nobody would return their phone calls about getting him. If Chicago didn't take (Marshall) … they would have ended up cutting him very shortly after that, and got nothing."
League sources confirmed at the time of the trade that the Dolphins indeed had been working behind the scenes for several weeks to move Marshall. A front-office source for another club in need of help at wide receiver told the Tribune the Dolphins reached out to his organization.
Emery explained the Bears acted when they did because of the constantly changing landscape at the start of the league year when free agency opened. With the salary cap and other considerations, the Bears made the trade with confidence that Marshall's latest off-field incident would prove to be nothing. The way Ross describes it, the Bears could have had Marshall on the open market had they waited, thus keeping two third-round draft picks in place.
Of course, Marshall could have drawn attention from other clubs if he was a free agent. But based on what Ross told the season-ticket holder, there was little interest. If the Dolphins were willing to cut Marshall and receive nothing in return, they likely don't put as much stock in his powerful description of the steps he is taking to improve himself as a person after a sordid history of off-field incidents. Marshall is in a position to prove the Dolphins wrong and make the Bears look good either way.
bmbiggs@tribune.com
Twitter @BradBiggs
I'm getting to that age where a lifetime warranty just doesn't mean as much to me anymore as an afternoon nap. Honey Badger Don't Care. Honey Badger Don't Give a Shit.
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I'm not buying this crap. I can't think of a time when anyone ever cut a guy who has been a top 5 NFL receiver throughout his career getting nothing for him. Nice try but no cigar for you Stephen Ross. Whatever story you want to pass off on your very unsupportive fans is fine but even for 2 thirds we got a bargain.
Bears' Marshall might have hit open market
By Brad Biggs Chicago Tribune reporter 10:24 a.m. CDT, March 24, 2012
One of the questions posed to Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery after the trade for Brandon Marshall was why the team didn't wait to complete a fact-finding mission into the nightclub event that occurred two days before the deal was announced.
Marshall has been accused of punching a 24-year-old woman in the face. although no charges have been filed and the wide receiver's attorney has painted a far different picture, saying Marshall and his wife were the actual victims.
Just as they were learning about this incident, the Bears traded two third-round draft picks to the Miami Dolphins for Marshall -- the third-rounder acquired last summer from the Carolina Panthers in the Greg Olsen deal -- and the club's 2013 third-round selection.
Turns out, the Dolphins were very near the point of dumping Marshall. According to the Sun-Sentinel, owner Stephen Ross said the club was close to releasing the 27-year-old Pro Bowl performer after no one would return their calls in efforts to trade him.
Ross called Jason Lawrence, a Dolphins' season-ticket holder for more than 20 years, and explained the Marshall situation and many other current events surrounding the franchise, according to Izzy Gould of the Sun-Sentinel.
"(Ross) said they had been shopping (Marshall) for a couple weeks," Lawrence told the Sun-Sentinel. "Nobody would return their phone calls about getting him. If Chicago didn't take (Marshall) … they would have ended up cutting him very shortly after that, and got nothing."
League sources confirmed at the time of the trade that the Dolphins indeed had been working behind the scenes for several weeks to move Marshall. A front-office source for another club in need of help at wide receiver told the Tribune the Dolphins reached out to his organization.
Emery explained the Bears acted when they did because of the constantly changing landscape at the start of the league year when free agency opened. With the salary cap and other considerations, the Bears made the trade with confidence that Marshall's latest off-field incident would prove to be nothing. The way Ross describes it, the Bears could have had Marshall on the open market had they waited, thus keeping two third-round draft picks in place.
Of course, Marshall could have drawn attention from other clubs if he was a free agent. But based on what Ross told the season-ticket holder, there was little interest. If the Dolphins were willing to cut Marshall and receive nothing in return, they likely don't put as much stock in his powerful description of the steps he is taking to improve himself as a person after a sordid history of off-field incidents. Marshall is in a position to prove the Dolphins wrong and make the Bears look good either way.
bmbiggs@tribune.com
Twitter @BradBiggs
I'm getting to that age where a lifetime warranty just doesn't mean as much to me anymore as an afternoon nap. Honey Badger Don't Care. Honey Badger Don't Give a Shit.
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Phin fans don't like Ross but they hate Ireland even more. Reminds of the years when we had Dave Wannstedt.
Aw come on man. It took me a whole lot of years and a whole lot of whiskey to forget him and now the nightmares will start all over again. Pass me that bottle will ya'?
But all the pieces are in place ( Glass , ice , bourbon , cigar )
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Come on guys...you all have read Larry mayer before, you should recognize spin when you see it.
Of course they are claiming Marshall wouldve been cut, this way they can look like geniuses for getting 2 3rd rounders at least, instead of nothing. Its PR Damage Control, nothing more. No way he wouldve been cut.
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