Brandon Marshall Catches Another Charge

Before the season, Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall was lucky enough to have his three-game suspension for violating the NFL’s code of conduct policy reduced to one game. Well, the news coming from Colorado today may mean Marshall will end up spending a few more games in time-out after all (via PFT):↵↵⇥The solicitor’s office in Fulton County, Georgia has decided to press criminal charges against Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall.↵⇥↵⇥The solicitor’s office filed misdemeanor battery charges on September 10th of this year for an alleged incident on March 4th, 2008 in Atlanta.↵⇥

↵↵The trial is set for November or December. The league doesn’t seem to be in the business of handing down suspensions mid-season, so if Marshall is gonna get a slap on the wrist from Roger Goodell for this latest charge, it would likely be in the form of more missed games at the start of next season. ↵↵No matter when, or if, another suspension comes, this pattern of flirting with the law has to be extremely troubling for the Broncos. Marshall is an absolute beast of a receiver, who, in just this third season, is already among the top 10 in the league. Last year, he had a 1,300 yard, 100-catch season, and in his first game of the year last Sunday, he had 18 catches (two shy of tying T.O.’s single-game record) for 166 yards and a touchdown. ↵

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