Broncos roomies? Marshall plans to ride out suspension at Cutler's house

Film, tosses on tap during suspension

By Lee Rasizer, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published August 13, 2008 at 11:13 p.m.

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Brandon Marshall's suspension has been reduced one game by the NFL.

Brandon Marshall has chosen deluxe accommodations for when he serves his suspension to open the regular season: Chez Jay.

The Broncos receiver, facing a two- to three-game, league- mandated absence in September for violation of the NFL's code of conduct, plans on crashing at the home of quarterback Jay Cutler during his downtime.

"Me and Jay decided I'm going to stay with him," Marshall said after the first of four joint workouts at Dove Valley with the Dallas Cowboys.

"He's got plenty of room," the receiver added with a laugh. "What I'm going to do is take over his basement."

Yet Marshall made it clear that this will be a working vacation upon which he'll embark with Cutler at his side.

"What we're going to do is, I'm going to stay in the game plan. And at night, we're going to throw," Marshall explained. "And after we throw, we'll watch film and he's going to go over the game plan with me as if I was there."

The arrangement is necessary because Marshall is barred from Denver's facilities beginning Aug. 30 through at least Sept. 15, the earliest date that the suspension could end if the receiver follows league guidelines during his downtime. Otherwise, Marshall will be out until Sept. 22.

Cutler confirmed the arrangement, but he declined to speak about it after the afternoon practice.

"Jay's been great," Marshall said of his fall-back plan. "The whole Denver Broncos organization has been great to me.

"All I can do is just show them that I'm here now, and when I get back and be accountable."

And with Marshall scheduled to lose more than $52,000 in base salary during his suspension, it doesn't hurt that the price is right at Chez Jay.

"He better not charge nothing," Marshall said with a smile. "I might charge him."

• August 14, 2008

  7:27 a.m.

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  LingLingfor_prez writes:

  Not sure why this is a story. You know he will raid his fridge. Go Chargers!

• August 14, 2008

  9:12 a.m.

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  josan writes:

  WOW! How appropriate a babysitter. He can't even keep his nose clean without someone holding his hand. Great Man, is this where he begins to grow up? Or just try and stay away from traffic tickets and DUIs.

• August 14, 2008

  9:23 a.m.

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  dilligaf writes:

  LingLingfor_prez
  For now you have bragging rights in the division. But when it comes to the playoffs your team is still CHOKERS!!!!!!!!!!!
  One superbowl in their history and it was a a-- beating handed down by th 49er's.

• August 14, 2008

  9:32 a.m.

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  LingLingfor_prez writes:

  I don't have bragging rights at all. Season hasn't started yet.

• August 14, 2008

  9:43 a.m.

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  horse07 writes:

  The point of this story if you will read it, is that Jay and Brandon are establishing a great rapport with one another. Anyone remember Montana/Rice, Zorn/Largent, Fouts/Winslow, and least we forget Elway/Smith. Let's look at this story in a positive manner and hope that Brandon has turned a new leaf, and with he and Jay becoming good friends, this bodes well for the Denver offense for years to come! Just think when Torian comes back and those three play consistently together! WOW! Go Broncos!

• August 14, 2008

  11:46 a.m.

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  arvada_mark writes:

  I remember that SB when the Butts, or I mean the Bolts, got a beat down from the '9ers. The biggest play of that game was the last play. The losers actually had a legit shot at covering the spread.

• August 14, 2008

  12:46 p.m.

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  Spider writes:

  Am I seeing a step in the right direction for Marshall maturing? Sounds like a good gameplan to me.

• August 14, 2008

  1:12 p.m.

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  RockLobster writes:

  Wow! The last thing any Bronco fan should do is bring up Super Bowl beat-downs by the 9'ers. Anybody remember 55-10?

• August 14, 2008

  1:12 p.m.

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  RockLobster writes:

  And I'm with you, Spider. Sounds like a solid plan to me.

• August 14, 2008

  3:31 p.m.

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  BroncoDan writes:

  doesn't Marshall have his own freakin' house???

• August 14, 2008

  3:31 p.m.

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  El_Mariachi writes:

  Who buys the Pizza?...Do you thing either can afford it?

• August 14, 2008

  5:16 p.m.

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  pbrownpbrown writes:

  Actually, this is not only newsworthy, but great news for the Broncos this year. The problem with suspensions in the NFL is the mandated lack of connection between the player and the team. This is a perfect way for Cutler to stay on the same page with Marshall, and demonstrate to Marshall the level of support he has from his team. The closer the relationship between the players, the less they want to let each other down. Perfect move.

• August 14, 2008

  6:27 p.m.

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  Dynamicdave writes:

  Looks like a marriage made in Heaven. This is a good thing for Marshall.

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