Great news, Bronco Nation. Brandon Marshall isn’t thinking about the Pro Bowl.
Let the record show he thought about it for most of the season. Marshall, when asked two weeks ago he were following the voting: “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t.”
That’s how Marshall is wired. He wants the love. He wants to be recognized as one of the NFL’s premier wide receivers. He wants everyone to know he shouldn’t have been a lowly fourth-rounder. He wants to … well, he wants to be a star. And conveniently enough, he plays a position that promotes stardom.
The danger is for Marshall to fall in love with stardom, as have all those other big-name receivers. You know who I’m talking about. One goes by his initials and the other plays in Cincinnati and can’t figure out what his own name is. Oh, and then there was the guy who ripped the cell phone out of the goalpost in New Orleans.
The challenge for Marshall is to remain a team player as all the accolades start rolling in. And they will roll in. No less an authority than Rod Smith says Marshall, by the time it’s all said and done, will have Hall of Fame-worthy numbers.
So it was interesting to hear Marshall’s reaction to being named to his first Pro Bowl team.
“I was feeling really good on Tuesday when I found out,” he said. “Since then my main focus has been Buffalo. There are so many accolades in success and winning. All I’m concerned about is playing Buffalo.”
Good thing. Because if the Chargers win Sunday, the Broncos are going to need Marshall to play like a Pro Bowler.
Jim Armstrong: 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com
