Brandon Marshall speaks about his release

[Elias]

When Brandon Marshall asked for his release from the sinking Jets this offseason, it had everything do with playing for a contender.

Talking Thursday with WFAN-AM in New York, the veteran wideout -- now with the Giants -- bashed Gang Green for cutting bait with a horde of experienced and talented players, calling the June releases of receiver Eric Decker and linebacker David Harris "bad business."

Marshall was then asked how a veteran seeking a shot at the Lombardi should handle playing for a franchise intent on starting from scratch.

"Do what I did: Ask for a release, get out of there," Marshall said, per Darryl Slater of NJ.com. "I just knew I couldn't be in that environment. I think everyone knows the type of personality I am at this point in my career. I wouldn't have made it through an entire season knowing that we didn't have a chance. That's all you want as a player. You just want a chance."

The league annually houses a pocket of teams with seemingly no shot at winning the Super Bowl. This year's list is headed by the Jets, a club stuffed with inexperienced, mostly anonymous newbies.

Now encamped with the Giants, Marshall finds himself on a team fresh off a playoff campaign and hoping for more come September. It's a familiar and painful narrative for fans of the Jets, who have watched their team play second-fiddle to the G-Men forever.

That dynamic won't change in 2017.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000819952/article/brandon-marshall-i-had-to-leave-doomed-jets

 

[Bigmoe]

Do what I did: Ask for a release, get out of there," Marshall said, per Darryl Slater of NJ.com. "I just knew I couldn't be in that environment.


now I know a lot don't like Brandon
but i did

and this reinforces as to what the hell is goin on
I'm sure Harris and Decker are also happier than 2 pigs in a (pile of shit) which is what they got out of....IMO

 

[McJet]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000819952/article/brandon-marshall-i-had-to-leave-doomed-jets

Brandon Marshalls answer should've been; This is what I do, i wear out my welcome on my fourth team in the league in 12 seasons. Go to a team that hopes i'm the missing piece to put them over the top.
Then i come in and do what i do best, talk my ass off, make plays here and there but in the end it is or i'm never good enough. No matter how much talk of playing for a contender i make, my words ring hollow, because i have never, ever, ever, never, not once in my NFL career have been to the playoffs. My season has ALWAYS ended at week 17.
I'm 33 years old and i'm hoping to see if the other 52 guys on the New York football Giants can finally make me a winner.

 

[Xmarco]

Two years ago he should've made the playoffs but the Jets and specifically FitzTragic shit the bed

 

[TebowCan'tThrow]

Who cares. He will fail like always. The Jets sucked last year and he was a large part of the dysfunction.

 

[jetgreen13]

Two years ago he should've made the playoffs but the Jets and specifically FitzTragic shit the bed

call him what you like & yes, fitzpatrick was awful year two.. but he was also the biggest reason the jets were in position to make the playoffs in '15..

what is, is..

 

[jetgreen13]

Who cares. He will fail like always. The Jets sucked last year and he was a large part of the dysfunction.

sure was..

even as well as marshall played year one.. & he did, BTW.. he had some horrible drops, especially the probable game sealing TD drop in the patriot loss..

 

[McJet]

sure was..

even as well as marshall played year one.. & he did, BTW.. he had some horrible drops, especially the probable game sealing TD drop in the patriot loss..

Exactly, career season and still was not good enough.

 

[TebowCan'tThrow]

call him what you like & yes, fitzpatrick was awful year two.. but he was also the biggest reason the jets were in position to make the playoffs in '15..

what is, is..

I can't agree with that. He played better than his talent level, but he was bailed out many times on awful throws by Marshall and Decker. Without those bailouts, he has half the success. 2015 was the best Fitz or Marshall will ever play and yet they both were a huge part of the failure to make the playoffs in '15.