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Even if Brandon Marshall Weren’t Suspended, He Would’ve Been Cut

by Jon Bois

Imagine a parallel universe in which ex-Broncos coach Mike Shanahan kept his job. Chris Mortenson reports that he would have cut Brandon Marshall.

↵↵Mortensen said that Shanny believed Marshall cost the team more games than he helped them win in 2008.

↵↵Okay, let’s try this again. Let’s imagine a parallel universe in which everyone in the world is cut or suspended by an NFL team, except for Brandon Marshall. Brandon Marshall would be golden.

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