Brandon Marshall on Bears: 'This is unacceptable and this is bad'
Brandon Marshall called the Bears issues 'unacceptable' and 'bad.'
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Will Brinson
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Because he's out for the season, Brandon Marshall had to sit idly by and watch the Bears goof troop it up on Monday night during an embarrassing loss to the Saints. His injury did make Marshall available for an appearance on Inside the NFL this week though.
And while coming in via remote satellite near the hospital (Marshall's wife is about to give birth to twins!) Marshall pointed out that the last few weeks are "a microcosm of our whole season" and what's happened with the Bears is "unacceptable" and "bad."
"Early in the season we talked about no noise. And no noise really means not listening to what the media and the people outside are saying. If you let that stuff creep in, it really tears your team apart," Marshall said. "Unfortunately, what has been going on these past couple weeks is a microcosm to our whole season. We really have to just gel together and really try to do, I don’t know, some kumbaya in the offseason to really get back where we need to be because this is unacceptable and this is bad."
While he tore down the team chemistry, Marshall also praised offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer, who's under fire right now for admitting he was the anonymous source who ripped Jay Cutler in an NFL Network report.
"I love Kromer. He’s probably the best teaching coach I’ve ever been around. This is just a part of our season right now," Marshall said. "We are all so frustrated. Sometimes, people do things and say things that they regret. I think this is one of those things for Kromer. Unfortunately, it’s at the hand of Jay Cutler, taking a nice little lashing, and our team now.
"Sometimes, if you get too emotional you say the wrong things, it can unfortunately get back to the wrong person."
Most of the problem for Kromer was saying what he said off the record and then having it come back to bite him in the backside when people figured out who was talking to NFL Network about Cutler.
Marshall himself said he would probably have buyer's remorse on Cutler's deal and, quite frankly, who wouldn't? It's not putting your name on the comment that stings the most.
And Marshall's right. It's a microcosm of Chicago's quickly spiraling season which could ultimately result in a lot of people -- including head coach Marc Trestman -- losing their jobs.
