Brandon Marshall's taxicab confessions

Brandon Marshall talks to reporters once a week while the Dolphins are in their weekly preparations, with rare exceptions.

He talked Wednesday afternoon. But the story about his run-in with a taxi driver following a night of partying at the Fountainbleu Hotel two weeks ago came out Wednesday night.

So he addressed the issue Thursday.

This is how it went:

Comments

[ALoco]

FAKER-FLIPPER BREED, DO YOU ENJOY CHUNKY SOUP WITH YOUR GOVERMENT CHHESE AND DAY OLD BREAD ?
HOW MANY CATS YOU HAVE NOW?
(BUFFET OF KNOWLEDGABLE ACORNS)

[yesterday's gone]

Hmm...... Mike Shanahan thought more highly of John Beck than McNabb. Hmm.........

[yesterday's gone]

No ALoco, like my soup straight out of the sou7p kitchens with my govt cheese! LOL

[Yesterdays Breed]

Anybody have a typewriter I can borrow?

[dusty bottoms]

mcnaab def better than tj yates

[dusty bottoms]

pretty much guarantee the bears sign him. never said he was good, hes just not as bad as yates or haleb

[dusty bottoms]

yes cause shanny is a genius,lol hmmmmmm

[kris]

Dusty.....Shanny is a genius....I have been told so many times on this blog....

Even when I point out that Elway was the TRUE architect behinds Shannanhan's offence......many seem to discount Elway's talent....and give all the credit to Shanny......

But for some reason that talk has died down after the season started....I wonder why....

[dusty bottoms]

shanny has been awful since elway and davis left. guy is a joke in washington, playing rb and qb carousel

[Professor Lou]

anytime a coach changes quarterbacks as often as Shanahan does in Washington means he doesn't have an answer. However, look at who is offensive coordinator is.

[kris]

I do believe that Elway......was the driving force behind Shanny....

However.....

I also believe that Belicheat is the driving force.....behind Brady....

weird....

[odinseye]

ODISEYE GANG OF DEFEAT LEADER JUST POOS IN HIS DEPENDS WHEN HE IS HERE FOR HOURS AND DAYS.,.//EATING HIS COLD POP TARTS AND POO IN HIS DIAPERS.

Posted by: ALoco | December 01, 2011 at 04:17 PM

That's real "COMPLEX" there POT.........I mean "Paul", Heh, heh ;)

[ALoco]

I JUST FINISHED MY DINNER ,I SEE FAKE ALOCO GOING NUTS AND I MUST SAY VERY FUNNY .I STILL WONDER IF THE CUBAN MENACE HAVE GAVE DB THE 26 DOLLARS RENT TO LIVE WITH HIM IN HIS OLD STUDIO .

[dusty bottoms]

yeah another reason why hes retarded, he hired his retarded son also.

[ALoco]

SHANHAN ...HC
HIS SON..... OC OF THE REDSKINS

TONY SPARANO...HC
HIS SON....... QUALITY COACH FOR THE MOST HEALTHY TEAM IN THE NFL///////////////////////

[kris]

Professor Lou....

While I agree with your post....I would like to add that I think its a bit deeper than that....

I think Shanny's EGO is the reason he is in the state he is in.....

He believed the press clipping....soaked in what ESPN was saying....convinced himself that HIS SYSTEM was responsible for the Bronco's SB's.....and that he could duplicate the same success regardless of the QB....

apparently he thought wrong.....

[odinseye]

Kris,

I think your 100% right on Shanahan.

I think that happens to the majority of Head Coaches when they taste success.

It happend to me and I was only Coaching Pop Warner!

;)

[Darryl Dunphy]

..Wow. I just got back from a root canal and heard this over the radio..

Raiders MLB Rolando McClain arrested today for discharging a firearm. I guess form the story. McClain had the gun pointed at some dudes head. He discharged the gun next to the guys ear..I don't know much more. Serious stuff. Makes a taxi cab squabble seem like a fart in the bathtub.

[kris]

Odin....

I can believe it....

I'm sure its hard to keep your ego in check when Billionaire's throw millions at you.....

who can really blame him....

The real question now is this....

After back to back losing season's....how will Shanny respond....will he re-group...and learn from his mistakes...

Or will he pull a Sporano.....

and go for the Tri-fecta...in terms of losing seasons.....

[odinseye]

The Marshall incident is pretty much a Non-Story.

As someone pointed out earlier, he'd been out having drinks and partying, then takes a cab home. He should be commended if anything, for not thinking he's above the law or thinking he "Could Handle It" and trying to drive anyway.

I read the police reports and Marshall admits to "Waking up(passed out)in the cab. Considering this, I would like to be the first to commend him on his self control.

Can you imagine waking up from a good drunken stupor with a foreign cabbie in your face babbling jibberish about: Pay me MONEY? Pay me Money?

I'm pretty confident I would've added AT LEAST another assault and battery charge to my resume.

Good Job Brandon!

[kris]

Odin....while I commend you for seeing the bright side of this...and it your take is bright....

I do think we have to look at the the entire pic here....

In NO WAY would i entertain the thought of trade talk for Marshall....

but c'mon man...(Daryl too).....

Marshall is one bad news story after another....I hope he survives the off-season....

and WTF is a man who got stabbed by his wife doing out anyway....and getting SO DRUNK that he can't defend himself.....

Some people never learn....

[odinseye]

Police said the victim, whose name was not released, suffered injuries to his head and face during a fight with Willingham. He was bleeding when officers talked to him.

“The victim told officers that following the fight, he crawled to his car,” the police statement said. “He said that when he reached his car, Rolando McClain produced a pistol and aimed it at him. He said that while he was still on the ground, McClain walked over to him and put the gun to his head.”

Police said the victim told officers “he begged McClain not to shoot him and that McClain took the gun away from his head, held it next to his ear and fired it.”

McClain was facing legal problems in Alabama before his arrest.

A University of Alabama student sued McClain in November 2010 claiming the former Crimson Tide star hit him with a car and assaulted him in 2008. Stanford Matthew Mangham filed suit in circuit court in Morgan County, where Decatur is located.

Mangham claims McClain intentionally hit him twice at an intersection on Nov. 13, 2008 and then slung Mangham to the ground, causing permanent injuries. He is seeking $75,000 plus punitive damages.

Earlier this year McClain, the 2009 Butkus Award winner at Alabama, reported someone in Decatur shooting at his vehicle. There wasn’t any indication whether the two incidents were related.
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I don't want to jump the GUN, but ah, anyone see a pattern developing here?

Oh well, at least he's not QUITE as stupid as Paxico Burress.

[kris]

Believing that Marshall is a non-story....to me......is the same as fans believing the Dolphins are "better" because they won 3 in a row.....never mind the fact that they lost 7 in a row to start the season....and 11 in a row dating back to last season.....

We NEED to hold our TEAM...and our PLAYERS to a HIGHER STANDARD....

[kris]

MARSHALL....SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED BY THE FINS....

Whether it is money....or game time.....a QUARTER...or 4 QUARTERS....this FO needs to enforce one some standards....

Ross should demand this....its his team....and he needs to set the standard for the new regime.....

[kris]

Like it or Hate it....the Pats are the model franchise for the NFL....

No need to reinvent the wheel.....just follow the path that has led the NFL for the past decade.....

If your not doing what the Pats do....then your not trying to WIN in this DIVISION...in this CONFERENCE....IN THIS LEAGUE....

Mr. Ross....WWKD....
What Would Kraft Do.....

[dusty bottoms]

marshall was hammered, no biggie

[oscar canosa]

Who is the backup QB to Moore now that Rosenfelds has been waived?

[kris]

Marshall has responsibilities.....

Marshall has patterns of questionable.....to detestable behavior....

Enforcing discipline...and demanding structure IS NOT a bad thing....

Change the CULTURE...Change EXPECTATIONS....DEMAND it......

When will Marshall be held accountable.....

Discipline does not mean you hate somebody....more often that not it means the opposite....it could mean you LOVE them....

Love them enough to say NO.....NO WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANY LONGER.....

[dusty bottoms]

let new regime do what they want with marshall or anyone else on team

[kris]

Ultimately Ross sets the tone....Ross is the CONSTANT....

Ross picks the new regime....so Ross is the new regime.....

He has a clear chance to set an example for all the current players hoping to be here next year....and for all potential FA that may be signed....as letting the new regime that he expects player discipline....

[odinseye]

MARSHALL....SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED BY THE FINS....

-With all due respect Mr. Kris(attorney speak), what exactly should Marshall be disciplined for?

While I agree it's dangerous and ignorant to "press your luck(coming home drunk)" to the wife he has, ignorance is not -YET- a disciplinary infraction.
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Whether it is money....or game time.....a QUARTER...or 4 QUARTERS....this FO needs to enforce one some standards....

Ross should demand this....its his team....and he needs to set the standard for the new regime.....

Posted by: kris | December 01, 2011 at 07:14 PM

Standards and conduct codes are good things, I agree whole heartedly. It is all of our responsibility, as a society, to walk this fine line from time to time.

However, it is my intention to show that the prosecution(Mr. Kris)has NOT proven that a crime has even occurred. I submit to you(more attorney speak), ladies and gentlemen of the blog, that my client has not committed ANY acts that violate any standards or said conduct codes WHATSOEVER.

I maintain that not only should my client not be disciplined, it is my belief that his cool headed-ness and self control should be commended at the very least.

Mr. Marshall's conduct was exemplary in avoiding conflict in what was very obviously a trying and troubling situation caused by this dirty foreigner!

With that, I thank you Ladies and Gentlemen of the Blog.

-Odinseye Esquire-
Attorney At Law

[oscar canosa]

I wouldn't miss Brandon much. He's not earning his $. My opinion.

[kris]

Players dancing on the sidelines after their first Home win in a season and a half.....

CB proclaiming to be the "best tandem" in the NFL after back to back 7-9 seasons....and the 1st game hadn't even been played yet...

LB claims to be the "greatest of all time" after his 1st IMPACT game of the year....in week 9 or 10 no less....

A WR who is a police blotter waiting to happen....time and time again....

You guys can be happy with this....

I expect MORE......

[odinseye]

Discipline does not mean you hate somebody....more often that not it means the opposite....it could mean you LOVE them....

Love them enough to say NO.....NO WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANY LONGER.....

Posted by: kris | December 01, 2011 at 07:35 PM

Kris,

I agree. I love you so much that I decided it's time for an INTERVENTION!

You've been partying and carrying on for MUCH too long now! So I'm telling you.......NO I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ANY LONGER!

I'm on my way over to your house RIGHT NOW. I'm confinscating all the alcoholic beverages and any "OTHER" partiables I might find.

You won't want to thank me now, but I'm SURE you will later!

So, your Welcome in advance ;)

[yesterday's gone]

Lets just trade Marshall immediately upon the offseason and create another of many holes we already have and are not quite sure how to fill.

Bright, really fvcking bright!

[kris]

Odin....

since when do you have to actually have to commit a crime to be DISCIPLINED or PUNISHED in the NFL....

Perception is the name of the game.....

and this is all about standards and policy as you mentioned in your "very eloquent" argument....

However...there is no burden of proof to prove....

Conduct Detrimental.....is a VERY BROAD TERM......

[kris]

Lets just trade Marshall immediately upon the offseason and create another of many holes we already have and are not quite sure how to fill.

Bright, really fvcking bright!

Posted by: yesterday's gone | December 01, 2011 at 07:59 PM
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Who said said trade him?????

[yesterday's gone]

Some here really do believe money grows on trees! LOL

[kris]

Lets just trade Marshall immediately upon the offseason and create another of many holes we already have and are not quite sure how to fill.

Bright, really fvcking bright!

Posted by: yesterday's gone | December 01, 2011 at 07:59 PM
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Who said said trade him?????

Posted by: kris | December 01, 2011 at 08:00 PM
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Can you COMPREHEND ANYTHING YOU READ???????

Other than the creating ways to cuss on a computer....and showing us all your inability to form a well thought out sentence without having to insert a swear word....

what do you really bring to this blog.....

[yesterday's gone]

Contrary to popular believe, professional sports are absolutely littered with inner city youths growing up in negative enviroments and family situations. You cant police that away.

Some seem to eventually find firm footing in society but many do not. Money doesnt change that. You draft them and hope for the best. Sometimes it pays off. Sometimes it doesnt. It's impossible to predict every situation.

[kris]

Arguing that a FOOTBALL team needs less discipline....

That is just taking the other side of the argument...for the sake of taking the other side of the argument....

[oscar canosa]

Most male Borderline/Antisocial personalities beguin to quiet down in their 40's. Women with this disorder do it sooner.

[yesterday's gone]

Kris,

For one, I never mentioned you by name. Talk about comprehension skills.

For two, disciplining your player because there was a communication gap between he and the cabby?

Let's discipline him because his wifey stabbed him. That's makes a whole lot of sense.

Let's discipline him because at times he says dumb things during interviews.

Let's discipline him because he threw a ball at Vonte Davis' drunken skull during practice.

The list goes on and on, but, hardly a concrete reason for disciplining him by the league nor team. Get a fvcking grip! LOL

[yesterday's gone]

Marshall's been clinically diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Yet people like kris and Armando seem to find it annoying he keeps having little "unpunishable spats in his life.

Duh.......... What part of borderline personality disorder dont you two idiots understand? Both you and Armando need to get a fvcking grip.

What's next, pick on parapallegics because they fall while trying to get up out of wheel chairs? Geesh!

[kris]

You disciplining Marshall because he exhibits patterns of this type of behavior.........have you COMPREHEND ANYTHING i have wrote.....this is not about a SINGLE incident....its about the PATTERN.....

read below....especially the last TWO sentences....
------------------------------------------------Goodell's memo, a copy of which was obtained Thursday, reads:

"The Policy makes clear that NFL and club personnel must do more than simply avoid criminal behavior. We must conduct ourselves in a way that 'is responsible, that promotes the values upon which the league is based, and is lawful.' This standard reflects the recognition that the conduct and behavior of our players and other league and team employees is critically important. Whether it involves your team or another, these incidents affect us all -- every investigation, arrest, or other allegation of improper conduct undermines the respect for our league by our fans, lessens the confidence of our business partners and threatens the continued success of our brand.

"As your club begins its offseason programs and approaches the Draft, I encourage you to be vigilant in reinforcing this message with your players and staff. It makes no difference whether an incident occurs during the season or in the off-season. At every opportunity, you should remind them of your standards and the public’s expectations, of the need to use good judgment, particularly when in a public place, and of the resources available to help us all in meeting these standards."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8178bb24/article/goodell-issues-memo-highlighting-nfls-personalconduct-policy

[kris]

OH....the you mean the same BPD that you made FUN off for pages and pages when he was diagnosed....that BPD....

Your HYPOCRISY KNOWS NO BOUNDS FLIPPER.....NONE....

Which ever way the wind blows...that should be your motto....

[yesterday's gone]

While we're at it, lets start disciplining cancer chemo-patients for having untastefully balding hair. Geesh, when does the infantileness ever ends!

[yesterday's gone]

Kris,

To be diagnosed as borderline personality disorder it has to have occured more than once dumbass! LOL

[odinseye]

**The Odinsider Translator**
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Contrary to popular believe, professional sports are absolutely littered with inner city youths growing up in negative enviroments and family situations. You cant police that away.

**You can take da Thug out da hood, but ya ain't take da hood out da Thug!
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Some seem to eventually find firm footing in society but many do not.

**Bu-oy! Is you EVER gonna LEARN?
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Money doesnt change that. You draft them and hope for the best.

**Crap Shoot!
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Sometimes it pays off. Sometimes it doesnt.

**Ya win some, ya lose some.
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It's impossible to predict every situation.

**Why can't you be more like your brother Billy?
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Posted by: yesterday's gone | December 01, 2011 at 08:05 PM

[yesterday's gone]

Borderline personality in itself describes a "PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR" genius! LOL...

[yesterday's gone]

Luv it, Odin! LOL...

[kris]

YG.....THANKS FOR CLEARING UP THAT YOU ARE DYING BREED....AS RECENTLY AS TODAY....THIS MAKES THIS SO MUCH EASIER.....Remember this.......
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Borderline Personality Disorder aka "almost crazy".

Armando did you realize at least 80% of "Everyone" in every profession could qualify as "ALmost crazy? This means and your profession too. Just because you havent been "Diagnosed" doesnt mean youre exempt.

Geesh, the real kicker is that these with doctors are sporting PHD's on thier walls and the best diagnosis that they can come up with ois to tell a client he's almost crazy?

90% OF OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY COULD QUALIFY FOR "ALMOST CRAZY"! WTH DID YOU GUYS THINK BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER MEANT? NEARLY ALL OF US COULD BE DIAGNOSED AS ALMOST CRAZY, INCLUDING ARMANDO. WHAT AN OVERLY AMBIGUOUS DIAGNOSIS! LOL...

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 10:21 AM

[kris]

How about this.....
---------------------------------------------------ARMANDO,

REMEMBER WE'VE READ MANY OF YOUR POSTS OVER THE YEARS. SO WE KNOW YOU COULD ALSO QUALIFY AS "BORDRLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER" AKA ALMOST CRAZY. LOL...

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 10:23 AM

[kris]

Maybe this will jog your memory...
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IF 90% OF OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY COULD POSSIBLY QUALIFY FOR ALMOST CRAZY. THE OTHER 10% ARE CRAZY. MOSTLY THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO DONT THINK THEY ARE ALMOST CRAZY. lol...

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 10:27 AM

[kris]

This one maybe....
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THAT WITCH DOCTOR QUALIFIED MARSHALL AS "ALMOST CRAZY". WTH DID THEY DO, GET TOGETHER FOR A GAME OF HORSESHOE. HORSESHOE IS THE ONLY PLACE I KNOW WHERE "ALMOST" COUNTS. LOL...

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 10:35 AM

[odinseye]

Arguing that a FOOTBALL team needs less discipline....

That is just taking the other side of the argument...for the sake of taking the other side of the argument....

Posted by: kris | December 01, 2011 at 08:08 PM
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Kris,

Everything else that's going on here aside, that's exactly want I was doing. Mainly just for conversations sake.

The one serious comment I would make though, is keep the disciplinary actions FAIR and CONSISTENT.

Also, don't make it overbearing or petty. In other words, don't sweat the small stuff and let the boys be boys.

Otherwise, you'll have divisiveness, resentment and ultimately players disrespecting Team Authority, Policy, Conduct Codes, etc, etc.

(Ps: I do believe I missed my calling. I should have been an attorney):)

[kris]

Why so quit BREED/Yesterdays GONE....
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GUYS HERE LIKE SCOTT ANDERSON WHO DONT BELIEVE YOURE ALMOST CRAZY TOO. YOU HAVE TO BE TOTALLY OUT OF YOUR MINDS!

SCOTT, WE'RE NOT BELITTLING MARSHALL. WE'RE WELCOMING HIM TO SOCIETY. 905 OF ALL OF ARE ALMOST CRAZY. GUESS YOU'RE PART OF THE 10% WHO ARE TRULY CRAZY?

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 11:09 AM

[yesterday's gone]

kris,

I confess Im almost crazy. Its those like you who dont believe theyre crazy at all who have gone well past the almost crazy point.

I would rather sit and have a beer with Brandon Marshall before I would ever entertain the thought of sitting and having a beer with you. Believe that! LOL

[kris]

Best one yet to SHOW YG/DB flip flopping.....
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SOME HERE THINK IM MAKING TASTELESS JOKES. iM NOT. IM JUST SHOWING HOW INCREDIBLY "BOGUS" IT IS TO BE DIAGNOSED AS BEING "ALMOST CRAZY".

GUYS WE'RE TALKING 90% OF OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR THIS DIAGNOSIS. HOW FREAKING AMBIGUOUS IS THAT. MARSHALL'S SHRINK SOUNDS LIKE HE'S A MONEY GRABBING WITCH DOCTOR. LOL...

Posted by: DyingBreed | August 01, 2011 at 11:17 AM

[yesterday's gone]

kris,

Its common knowledge crazy people never think theyre crazy! They still fight while even being carried off in the white straight jackets. LOL