Biggs: McDaniels says Marshall plan does not include trade

Josh McDaniels did his best to stamp out rumors that the Denver Broncos are exploring options to trade suspended wide receiver Brandon Marshall. True or not, they’re not going to go away any time soon.

“There is no discussions whatsoever taking place between Denver Broncos and any team in the National Football League regarding Brandon Marshall,” McDaniels said according to the Denver Post. “We're looking forward to having Brandon back on the 6th of September and starting our (season-opening) preparation with him.”

Marshall was suspended last week for conduct detrimental to the team. Bob Glauber of Newsday reported this morning that the New York Jets are exploring the possibility of making a trade for the talented but seemingly always embattled Pro Bowl receiver. The problem from the Broncos’ standpoint in trading him is two-fold. First, Marshall’s childish behavior and repeated off-field issues have likely damaged his trade value. Second, if McDaniels and the Broncos agree to trade a second player who kicks and screams and says he wants out, that will set a terrible precedent.

Of course, if the Broncos were working to trade Marshall, they wouldn’t come out and acknowledge such stuff. It was the leak that they were trying to trade for Matt Cassel that led to the whole Jay Cutler episode unraveling. McDaniels saw how good that worked for him Sunday night when Cutler led the Bears on a 98-yard scoring drive at the end of the first half at Invesco Field at Mile High to take a 17-3 halftime lead.

ESPN reported that the Broncos are now monitoring the Jets for tampering.

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