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14 former Dolphins left off list of 2024 Hall of Fame class semifinalists

The Pro Football Hall of Fame trimmed down their list of 173 nominees to 25 semifinalists.

Back in September, the Pro Football Hall of Fame released their list of 173 Modern-Era nominees for the 2024 class, which included 14 players who spent time with the Miami Dolphins.

On that list were Ricky Williams, Antonio Freeman, Irving Fryar, Chad Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Wes Welker, Josh Sitton, Richmond Webb, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Karlos Dansby, Larry Izzo, Joey Porter, Troy Vincent and Matt Turk.

On Tuesday, the Hall of Fame trimmed the nominees down to 25 semifinalists, and unfortunately, none were former Dolphins.

The list of nominees includes Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Willie Anderson, Tiki Barber, Anquan Boldin, Jahri Evans, London Fletcher, Dwight Freeney, Antonio Gates, Eddie Geroge, James Harrison, Rodney Harrison, Devin Hester, Torry Holt, Andre Johnson, Robert Mathis, Julius Peppers, Smith Sr., Fred Taylor, Hines Ward, Ricky Watters, Reggie Wayne, Vince Wilfork, Patrick Willis and Darren Woodson.

15 finalists will be announced at a later date.

Panthers great Cam Newton: ‘Hell yeah’ I’m a Hall of Famer

Panthers great Cam Newton on if he belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Hell yeah

Does Cam Newton’s legacy belong in Canton, Ohio? He certainly believes it does.

The Carolina Panthers legend welcomed former All-Pro wide receiver Brandon Marshall onto his most recent episode of Funky Friday with Cam Newton. But Marshall, ever the raconteur, temporarily flipped the script on the interview and asked his host a question of his own: Is Cam Newton a Hall of Famer?

At first, Newton seemed reluctant to comment—even stating, “I don’t give a f—.” But Marshall continued to press for an answer, and he got one.

“Hell yeah,” Newton eventually replied. “I’ll say it like this . . . I think it was Kanye [West] who said it. When I first came into the league, it was only one of me. Now when I look around the league, I see so many me’s.

Those “me’s,” as Marshall would note, might include today’s talented dual-threat quarterbacks in Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson and Anthony Richardson. And hey, we’ll add a few more for good measure in Josh Allen, Justin Fields and Kyler Murray.

So, yes, there’s no doubt Newton helped pave the way for the guys who can dominate with their arms and their legs. Heck, it seems as though much of the league wants a Newton-esque talent under center now.

But will the voters, at some point down the line, recognize the generational impact as well as groundbreaking numbers Newton has left behind? Only time will tell.

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Rod Smith among 16 former Broncos nominated for Hall of Fame

Five players who won Super Bowls with the Broncos have been nominated for the Hall of Fame, including wide receiver Rod Smith.

Rod Smith headlines the list of former Denver Broncos players who have been nominated for the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.

The Hall of Fame announced 173 modern-era nominees on Tuesday, including 16 players who spent time with the Broncos.

Smith might have the strongest case. A two-time Super Bowl champion, Smith’s numbers (849 receptions for 11,389 yards and 68 touchdowns) are similar to those of Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irving (750/11,904/65). Smith is also the NFL’s all-time leading receiver among undrafted wide receivers.

Four other Broncos Super Bowl winners were also nominated — center Tom Nalen, guard Mark Schlereth, defensive lineman Neil Smith and kicker Jason Elam. Those four players and Smith helped the team win back-to-back championships in the late 1990s.

Two more recent wide receivers — Brandon Marshall and Wes Welker — were also nominated, as was hard-hitting inside linebacker Al Wilson.

Here’s a quick look at the 16 former Denver players who have been nominated for the Hall of Fame.

Ex-Saints WR Brandon Marshall says Eli Apple has the same flaws that got him beat in 2018

Brandon Marshall says Eli Apple is still committing the same poor pass coverage techniques that got him beat when they were Saints teammates in 2018:

It’s not often you see a couple of former New Orleans Saints players trading barbs with each other, but Eli Apple didn’t exactly leave town with many allies in the building (or packing the stands at the Caesars Superdome). Neither did Brandon Marshall, who flamed out in New Orleans after a month on the scout team before going on to criticize the Saints and then-head coach Sean Payton in his fledgling media career.

These days Apple is getting roasted, grilled, fried, barbecued, and cooked in all manner of other ways by Miami Dolphins wide receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. And Marshall sees him committing the same flawed coverage techniques he says he warned Apple about when they were teammates back in 2018.

In one video clip shared from Dolphins training camp, Apple can be seen failing to get hands on Hill off the line of scrimmage and trailing the receiver behind as Hill works towards the sideline; Apple was a step slow and unable to recover in time to fight Hill at the catch point, allowing a too-easy completion into his coverage. It’s par for the course with him, though, and whatever lessons Marshall may have once tried to teach him didn’t take (to say nothing of a Saints coaching staff that’s developed many starting-caliber defensive backs).

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The best player to ever wear No. 15 for the Broncos was …

Jim Turner, Marlin Briscoe and Brandon Marshall are among the players who have worn No. 15 for the Broncos. Who was the best to wear it?

There are several candidates for the title of best player to ever wear No. 15 for the Denver Broncos.

Former quarterback Tim Tebow had a memorable two-year run with the team from 2010-2011, helping the club win a Wild Card playoff game.

Fellow quarterback Marlin Briscoe played just one season in Denver in 1968, but it was a historic season. Briscoe became the first Black quarterback to start in pro football’s modern era. He threw 14 touchdown passes in 1968, which still stands as a franchise rookie record. Briscoe died at age 76 last year.

Former wide receiver Brandon Marshall played in Denver from 2006-2009. In four seasons, Marshall earned two Pro Bowl nods. He totaled 327 receptions for 4,019 yards and 25 touchdowns in 61 games with the Broncos. Marshall later spent time with seven other teams and finished his career with 12,351 receiving yards and 83 touchdowns.

Another candidate is former kicker Jim Turner, who played in Denver from 1971-1979. After winning a Super Bowl and earning two Pro Bowl nods with the New York Jets, Turner played the final nine years of his career with the Broncos. He ranks third on Denver’s all-time scoring list with 742 points. Turner, a member of the Broncos’ Ring of Fame, died at age 82 last month.

So, who was the best player to ever wear No. 15 for the Broncos? Share your opinion by voting in the poll below!

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Brandon Marshall reveals hilarious grudge with Tom Brady

Brandon Marshall loves Tom Brady now, but that wasn’t always the case after this hilarious incident

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Brandon Marshall admittedly spent years holding a grudge against former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for a missing game jersey.

When appearing on Julian Edelman and Sam Morril’s Games With Names podcast, the six-time Pro Bowl receiver said he approached Brady after a game with the Patriots and asked to get his game jersey.

“Tom was basically like, ‘Yeah, I can give it to you, but Bill and the guys, they don’t like us exchanging jerseys after the game. I’m going to have to send it to you. I’ll go inside and give it to our equipment manager, and we’ll have it sent to you.’ I was like, ‘Man, I know, but I need the game-worn. Don’t send me no [expletive], Tom,'” said Marshall.

According to Marshall, Brady assured him he’d send his game-worn jersey in the mail. But a significant length of time passed, and Marshall never received the jersey. A week, two weeks and six months went by with Marshall seeing nothing in the mail.

That’s when he started to develop a legitimate grudge against Brady.

“So now I have this grudge against Tom Brady that I’m carrying every single year, year after year after year,” Marshall said. “I got this legendary jersey collection. I’ve got some of the best guys. I’ve got kickers, bro. Most of these guys that ya’ll see with all of these jerseys, I know Arian Foster had this legendary jersey collection that everybody’s talking about. Bro, he don’t have kickers. I’ve got all the great kickers, man. I’ve got everybody.”

Marshall also had the Brady jersey the whole time, but he just didn’t know it yet.

It was only when he decided to go out and look in his garage that he found an unopened box containing the jersey he’d spent years waiting to come in the mail.

“I get to this one big box, and there’s this little FedEx box that’s sitting there,” said Marshall. “I open it up. It was the Tom Brady jersey, and he said, ‘Hey B, you’re a great player. Look forward to seeing you continue to thrive. Tom Brady.’ I said, ‘Oh, my goodness’. I fell in love with the guy. The overall consensus on Tom Brady is beloved.”

It’s a good thing that Marshall looked in his garage, or he might have been carrying that grudge to this very day. But real recognizes real, and Brady obviously recognized Marshall.

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Brandon Marshall says MetLife Stadium turf basically ended his career

Former New York Giants WR Brandon Marshall says that the MetLife Stadium turf heavily contributed to the end of his football career.

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Editor’s note: If you click on and watch the YouTube video linked below, please be advised that it is extremely graphic and not safe for work.

Eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall played for eight NFL teams in his 14-year career and is considered one of the best at his position in the 2000s.

His career basically ended, however, after a five-game stint with the New York Giants when he suffered a season-ending ankle injury in Week 5 of the 2017 NFL season.

Marshall was eventually released by the Giants and landed in Seattle, where he played just six games in 2018. After failing to catch on in New Orleans and Pittsburgh, the 35-year-old Marshall retired from professional football in 2019.

In a January interview with Doctor Mike on YouTube, Marshall — who also played two seasons for the Jets — said the infamous turf at MetLife Stadium was to blame for his downfall.

“That was pretty much the last of me,” Marshall said of the ankle injury that ended his Giants career. “I felt like I could’ve played a couple of more years, you know? That play was over.”

Marshall was racing down the sideline to catch a pass out of bounds when he lost his footing and his legs went in unnatural directions.

“I snapped my deltoid,” Marshall said. “That’s really hard to do. That’s like a car accident. I knew it was over.”

Add Marshall to the long list of players who are pointing to the playing surface at MetLife Stadium for ending their careers.

Players have lobbied the teams to change from artificial turf to natural grass at MetLife and while Giants co-owner John Mara has said that’s the end goal, the stadium’s new turf is once again artificial.

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T.J. Ward discusses impact and relationships from Super Bowl 50 win

“These are my brothers for life,” T.J. Ward said of his bond on and off the field with former teammates from the Super Bowl 50 team.

Broncos Wire recently conducted an exclusive interview with former Denver Broncos safety T.J. Ward. This is the second part of a three-part series. 

In the second installment of this series, Ward details the special bond of the Super Bowl 50-winning team, including his bond on and off the field with his former defensive teammates.

Watch Jerry Jeudy’s full interview on the ‘I AM ATHLETE’ podcast

Brandon Marshall recently interviewed Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy on the ‘I AM ATHLETE’ podcast.

Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy recently went on the I AM ATHLETE podcast for an interview with Brandon Marshall and Ashley Nicole Moss. In the interview, Jeudy discussed being the best route runner in the NFL, among many other topics. The nearly hour-long interview can be seen in the above video.

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Davante Adams discusses departure from Packers in new interview

Former Packers WR Davante Adams discussed his departure from Green Bay on Brandon Marshall’s “I Am Athlete” podcast.

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Former Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams talked with former NFL receiver Brandon Marshall for almost two hours on the “I Am Athlete” podcast. The two chatted about a variety of topics, including Adams’ departure from Green Bay.

Some highlights from the podcast:

— It was “tough” living in Wisconsin based on the weather but also “great” for keeping him focused on football.

— He wasn’t happy about going into last year of his deal without a new contract. And he had to make a “business decision” once the tag was applied after the 2021 season.

— Made it clear that he’d still be with the Packers if the offer was right early on.

— Admitted Aaron Rodgers’ uncertainity in Green Bay played a big factor in his decision to leave.

— Adams said “cash flow” was a problem for the Packers in contract negotiations.

— Initial offer from Packers was under $20 million before 2021 season. He signed a deal worth $28.5 per year from the Raiders.

— “No bad blood” with team. Adams still follows the Packers on Instagram. Still communicates with Brian Gutekunst, Matt LaFleur and Mark Murphy.

— Adams said he’s still close friends with Aaron Rodgers. Admitted he “recruited the hell out of Aaron Rodgers” after Packers lost to Lions in the season finale.

— Didn’t feel disrespected by Rodgers picking the Jets.

Here’s the full interview:

Takeaway: Adams made it clear: He would have stayed with the Packers had the money lined up early in the negotiations, but a low initial offer, the team making him play out 2021 on the final year of his deal and then tagging him entering the 2022 offseason, Rodgers’ uncertain future and the allure of playing in Las Vegas all contributed to his desire to be traded.