Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall wasn't a fan of John Elway saying that the team being soft is part of the problem. Instead of questioning players' work ethic or ability to tough things out, Marshall believes it is something far more simple and drastically less nefarious.
“We just stopped executing,” Marshall said, via Altitude TV’s Vic Lombardi. “We got sloppy. But we definitely didn’t get soft.”
For those lacking some context, here is what John Elway had to say about Denver's recent skid:
“I will tell you, I think we got a little bit soft,” Elway said Friday at the Ring of Fame ceremony. “To be dead honest with you, we got a little bit soft. We went 4-0 in the preseason, we started 3-1 we get a bye week and if you exhale in this league? You’re in trouble.
“And you know what, to be dead honest with you, I think we exhaled, and it’s hard to recover from that. It will be a lesson that hopefully we all learned and can prevent it from happening in the future.”
Those are two pretty drastic differences of opinion.
For what it is worth, Brandon Marshall is obviously closer to the situation than Elway. Marshall is a veteran at this point in his career. If he believed players to be getting soft — or whatever — he would voice his concerns. Then again, he'd probably voice them to the players and not the press.
John Elway should probably worry about getting the Broncos a competent quarterback this offseason.
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